Sports and COVID-19. A brief summary so far.

[underpants]

I see on the ESPN scroll there is some discussion of NBA games without fans

See links below for more details.

Ohio Governor DeWine is recommending no fans (other than parents) at indoor sporting events

Several marathons cancelled

Only 100 dignitaries will be allowed to attend the lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece. No word on Tokyo Olympics yet.

NHL NBA MLB MLS close locker rooms

San Jose Sharks (NHL) May play at a neutral site due to the local ban of gatherings of more than 1,000 people

Italy - no fans at Soccer matches until April 3

Ivy League has cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournament


https://www.10tv.com/article/we-are-critical-time-ohio-we-need-get-right-dewine-outlines-coronavirus-precautions-2020-mar

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cb-coronavirus-sports-cancellations-20200310-426ude4yp5g5rjilr6iksdxlkm-story.html

Full listing here
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28824781/list-sporting-events-canceled-coronavirus

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-03-09/coronavirus-latest-news-sports-world

[Awsi Dooger]

1. Summer Olympics are going to be the huge decision

Decision needed by late May. This thing could be at crisis level in this country at that point.

Italy has already had to cancel their swimming Olympic trials which were scheduled for next week.

[underpants]

2. Yeah.

No change from the PGA. If that changes you know it's bad.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. I'm supposed to attend an LPGA event in mid May near Tampa

New event. That tour is on more than a month forced break due to many events canceled overseas due to the virus.

I'm kind of using the mid May event as a reference point toward where the country will be in general at that time.

Countless Olympians will only be in their prime during these Games alone. For example, swimmers like Caeleb Dressel and Regan Smith are basically unknown to the general public now. But if they performed as expected they would soar to Katie Ledecky-type name recognition in Tokyo.

[Marrah_Goodman]

4. I think we will start seeing sporting event's closed to in person fans

Instead they might do something more along the lines of pay-per-view or just on cable and make their money through advertising. I think it depends on how fast we see this spreading over the next couple weeks.

[underpants]

5. That's a lot of money out the window

Parking
Drinks
Food

Pre-game dinners and hotel stays. There tend to be a whole establishment of restaurants and hotels around (sometimes inside) big arenas.

[Marrah_Goodman]

6. They may not really have a choice

The states may shut events like this down for a while. Honestly I think we will know more in 2 weeks when we see what the numbers are looking like.

[maryellen99]

9. NCAA tournament starts next week nt

[Marrah_Goodman]

10. It will be interesting to see if they allow spectators

[underpants]

11. Yeah. The numbers are going to mushroom

We can't trust any numbers from China. The Party's prime directive is STABILITY.

Frankly, not being a conspiracy theorist, all these closures tell me the decision makers are getting info we aren't.....or they just don't want to be open to the liability

[bullwinkle428]

7. Pro cycling - several major races scheduled March & April in Italy have been canceled, and

the Giro D'Italia, their crown jewel, 3-week grand tour scheduled for May, is in deep trouble right now.

[underpants]

8. Oof

That has to be a gut punch to them.

Thanks for the insight. I know mostly mountain bikers.