Coronavirus (Sports-Related and General)

[el-pietro]

They have not turned the corner. They had their highest number of new infections yesterday. They also had the highest amount of deaths in any country in a single day yesterday. Higher than any single day in China.

[bigegypt0417]

and think about the teams they've played in the last week. Then think about the players/families and staff of those teams and then those they interacted with. So essentially one of the most effective ways to spread this all over the country is by sports.

[phillychuck]

I had not seen the reduction in infection rate that bkeitch had claimed, but highest number of new cases does not preclude a reduction in infection RATE, the rate being based on the number of known or extrapolated existing cases as a percentage.

[el-pietro]

What other evidence do we have for infection rate other than confirmed cases? If someone has evidence of a decrease I'd love to see it but I have not seen a reference to it anywhere online and I've been following this pretty closely as it is so close to us.

[Lawman]

I think the NCAA March Madness tournament will have to be cancelled. The AAC, SEC and Big Ten Tournaments have all been cancelled. Other conferences are also cancelling. With the NBA - a professional, for-profit league - having cancelled, I don't see how an amateur, student/athlete driven league can not cancel.

[bkeich]

I saw the lower rate of infections in Italy in one (I considered credible) article saying that they had 3 days in a row that the number of infections had gone down. South Korea has had 4 days per this article.

Take it as a single article and maybe I spoke too soon.

(I retracted the part about Italy's rate going down, either I or the article I read was incorrect, didnt mean to lead us down an incorrect discussion)

[bkeich]

People walking around unharmed are the most dangerous, they will spread it unknowingly. Like Rudy Gobert just did to Donovan Mitchell

People walking around unharmed is dangerous. I agree.... lets harm them all. Let the chaos begin.

I know what you meant, just not sure that is the right word (sorry, I am a smart...)

[Dirk41]

How are they able to release names of players infected? Isn't that a HIPAA violation?

[el-pietro]

I have no idea. But these names are out there. Along with Tom Hanks who self identify.

[Purduke]

How are they able to release names of players infected? Isn't that a HIPAA violation?

The Jazz statements I have seen did not identify Mitchell, just "one additional player tested positive." The reports in the media seem to all say "league officials" or "people familiar with the situation," so I imagine it is just a free press issue re: HIPAA. If the media chooses not to voluntarily restrict publishing the names, than they are published.

[el-pietro]

Hockey is finished. MLB about to be cancelled too. Also the League of Ireland postponed until at least the end of March. That won't affect anyone else here but theres a good chance if this drags out the League of Ireland never comes back. Clubs don't have the cash reserves to survive a long period without gate receipts. Same is likely true for Indy league clubs in the US and any number of small businesses.

[Lawman]

Duke has suspended all athletics indefinitely. If there is an NCAA tournament, one of the top teams in the country will not take part in it.

[Dirk41]

Does any league have as much to lose at the NCAA? March Madness is everything

[bigegypt0417]

it seems like they are insured...not sure what it pays for but the have some coverage.

[bigegypt0417]

Now Kansas has followed suit,

[el-pietro]

The Champions League and Europa League are about to be suspended indefinitely. At this point the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are the only major hold outs on this side of the water.

[julio]

Ken Rosenthal on Twitter

[David_Criss]

The CDC reports that 56,000 people die each year because of the flu. Sars, Ebola, Y2k and the afarmentioned flu epidemic each year - I have lived through them all and never seen a widespread panic,close everything down and cancel life as we know it like this.

[Squire]

Perhaps.....but this has a mortality rate 30 times of the flu and none of the aforementioned illnesses were as seemingly easily transmitted as this.

[Patchmk88]

Donovan is my favorite NBA player. Shame that Gobert thought this thing was a joke. Odds are Mitchell will be ok, but I’m sure he’s worried about the possibility that he passed it on to family, friends, or fans.