Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

[Chief]

This is part 1 of this thread.

Continued in Part 2:

Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/pages/covid-stats-australia/

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[The Warlord]

I've got no reason to back either one of you in this little spat you're having but it shows a lot of your character when you're perceived to be happy about being right that WA has a lot more cases today than it did yesterday.

I'm not happy. It is disaster.

This very morning he was all "Oh, WA has one case today oooh, I'm scared, only idiots take this seriously".

It is folks like him who are going to make this worse, who will by extension kill people, people we know, by not taking it seriously.

 

[Pinnell]

Open letter from Australian doctors to state and federal government https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYb_XOzPsGaRsUPOK_XacES857iti_qIrSKm6YKaC8sLpxmg/viewform

 

[Sttew]

would seem odd that VFL is suspended but AFL goes ahead

This sounding a bit like the Grand Prix heads telling us on Friday morning the event would happen while Sebastian Vettel and Kimmi Raikonen were boarding a plane to leave Australia

 

[parano1a]

i think the AFL would let a club or two go under before AFLW comp as a whole, with good reason too.

They would be better off scaling the AFLW comp back to the original 8 clubs to save costs. Freo/WCE can field a joint "Perth" women's team, same with Bris/GC etc.

 

[Dusty0004]

I don't think you understand, I'm not talking about its grass roots popularity I'm talking about its viability when the AFL might lose 200+ million dollars.

It will still exist. The AFL are making too much money at grass roots level

 

[Thrawn]

Bats are eaten as food in some parts of China, look it up. This came from a bat eaten for food. This is entirely different to poaching animals for 'medicine'. Don't let your bigotry get in the way of some basic compassion and understanding.

Wtf is this post? People are criticising China for their lack of hygiene and inhumane practices, which have eventually lead to where we are now. I don't give a * if people eat bats, but when you boil them alive and sell them in places that lack basic sanitation, then we have a problem. That's not being a bigot or racist.

 

[jackess]

It will still exist. The AFL are making too much money at grass roots level

How does the AFL make money from amateur and junior footy? And how does this compare to the TV rights?

 

[Chief]

Live announcement soon:

MONDAY RECAP: Season in turmoil, champ isolated, more news

See how the day unfolded as COVID-19 fears rocked the AFL industry

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Anyone want to live scribe into this thread?

 

[queensberryrules]

AFL often self congratulates on leading the community on important issues such as equality across ethnicity, gender, identification. This is a grand and unmissable opportunity for them to lead the way in social distancing and sacrifice, and suspend footy for the immediate future and reassess later.

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[Coaster2012]

In 8 minutes, it's all over. * this s**t. If anyone needs me I will be playing call of duty with the curtains closed eating beans out of a can.

 

[spudmaster]

In 8 minutes, it's all over.

Lasted about as long as Essendon's finals chances did.

 

[Mr Magic]

This is another scenario that I considered.

UK are now , I thought I heard on a news report, advising self isolation for those over 70.


Australia could do that to minimise deaths, AFL suspends for two weeks than RFC plays CFC at the G in front of 90K or whatever and fatality risk is minimised by older people self isolating

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Open letter from Australian doctors to state and federal government https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYb_XOzPsGaRsUPOK_XacES857iti_qIrSKm6YKaC8sLpxmg/viewform

Wow given it was a couple of positive doctors working in a sydney hospital and attending a conference with other doctors. Maybe they need to focus more on their own.

 

[Sttew]

In 8 minutes, it's all over.

No you know what it felt like for Geelong during WW2 when it was forced to pull out of the competition....

Seriously, I'm not expecting Gillon to say anything new, not yet at least.

 

[Bastyy]

excited for gil to finally announce he has created a coronavirus vaccine only to be used on footy players

 

[Bring-Back-Powell]

Gil will confirm that round 1 is still on according to Jon Ralph.

 

[Great8]

6-8 weeks delay to season incoming

 

[jackess]

I think he'll most likely postpone the season. Outside chance he announces that they'll cram in more, shorter games from thursday

 

[Forward Press]

Sounds like an indefinite postponement/cancellation.

Surely it won't be a start date in say May or so. Assuming this will be over in a month or two goes against all known medical advice.

 

[ItsGameTime]

Rd 1 will go ahead imo

No idea why he would hold a press conference to reinforce what he said last week.

 

[queensberryrules]

Can't people just have a shower and apply some soap to affected area after they take a dump, and leave the baby wipes for parents that actually need the baby wipes.

Dan Carlin in his Depression era pod cast talked abt folk using corn husks to clean one's bottom after defacating. There are many options to toilet paper. Necessity the mother.

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[spudmaster]

Fashionably late...

 

[DamoESP]

Fashionably late...

Maybe he has a bit of a sniffle?

 

[k31th]

get it over with, campaigners... lol

 

[Bastyy]