Wizard
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Just as it looks like we are doing ok the season will get canned for this coronavirus nonsense.
News Impact of COVID-19 on season 2020 and beyond
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Just as it looks like we are doing ok the season will get canned for this coronavirus nonsense.
showemhowtorock
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if they suspended it for 4 weeks we'd almost have full selection for round 1
The spread of the disease in US is much worse than here. Utah Jazz player Gobert tested positive not long before the suspended game.
Our Government can make the drastic call to severely restrict or close incoming international visitors (ie alternatively close our borders). At the moment people from international flights have been barely monitored. Personally I would be doing that before cancelling events within Australia.
Pretty sure they are going to stop the season now, and JLo will make finals in his first season by us finishing 6th on the ladder.
Mighty Guybrush
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Suspended until further notice according to the announcement made by the NBA. I would imagine they would rechedule games or have a shortened season. May be similar for the AFL season too.
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They will play a lot of games without people in attendance, the season won't be cancelled IMO. Interesting that Gobert himself feels relatively fine.
Snuffaluphagus
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It really isn’t that bad for anyone under 60/70. Any athlete that gets will just get flu symptoms at worst.
I agree they won’t shut down the season
A) living in the most remote country in the world with all sea boarders has its advantages
B) They’ll ban attendance and keep playing
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I agree that they'll do everything they can to play the season. The US is a very different environment where leagues and clubs would fear lawsuits from players and attendees who got sick from playing/attending games. If we do face empty stadiums though, it will be interesting to see the effect on individual and team performance. I suspect some players will have trouble performing at an optimal level.
If this plays out I reckon we'll be seeing some record breaking TV numbers.
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We will follow what the US does more than what other countries do, it's always the case. We only take it seriously if America is effected, people didn't really care that Italian soccer was suspended but suspended the NBA and its all over the news.
Agree we won't suspend the season at this point, games will be played with no spectators very early on. IMO the bye rounds will all be scraped and they have three weeks off over that time. That's just a gut feel based on nothing.
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Our training watchers fall into this age category.
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Teenagers will need to be sent to the frontline then. Expect future reports to be passionate but sometimes lacking grammatical polish.
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Teenagers will need to be sent to the frontline then. Expect future reports to be passionate but sometimes lacking grammatical polish.
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OK Boomer
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So if we change our name to A Fremantle dockers for the season.
Would we win a premiership by default ?
Would we win a premiership by default ?
Its our AFLW team that might pay the price. They are undefeated but if their season gets canned, all anyone will hear about is how North were robbed of the AFLW flag
I can see them playing the games with no crowd (just have it televised). Might help with the boredom if people are in lockdown. Can see it if they charter their own planes and have a fairly strict protocol to control exposure.
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That only works until a player / coach or umpire contracts Corona. Then it's NBA territory.
And it's a when, not if.
flyingblind
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Sure they can play in empty stadiums and charter private planes (the airlines would give decent rates!) but what happen when we need to close airports?
If we just keep going without better containment measures, one week from now there will be 750-1000 cases in the community. Then what?
Frankly there is no way the season goes ahead
My guess is postponed by round 3, cancelled at the bye rounds. The virus will be hanging around the community for the next 6-12 months. It's going to be a long year.
Snuffaluphagus
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Sobering thought I just realised, you can be very cautious with AFL players for as long as possible and operate in an almost closed but what the * are you going to do about the guys playing WAFL/VFL etc.
Someone in a state league is going to get Corona and play against a listed player then all hell breaks loose.
I honestly thought we would be safe but starting to get a horrible feeling we are going to have no footy very soon =(
Someone in a state league is going to get Corona and play against a listed player then all hell breaks loose.
I honestly thought we would be safe but starting to get a horrible feeling we are going to have no footy very soon =(
Stopping footy all together would be going way too far. You need to keep parts of society/economy running.
This is about slowing the spread, not cocooning ourselves for eternity and hoping we don't catch COVID-19....75% of us will catch it.
AFL have confirmed round 1 will go ahead.
