What sport could safely return to TV
27-04-2020, 19:56
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Can you imagine in a football match every player wearing a face mask Chad?.
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27-04-2020, 20:01
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Can you imagine in a football match every player wearing a face mask Chad?.
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It really would be difficult to imagine players wearing masks. I'm shocked boxing is happening.
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27-04-2020, 20:04
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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It really would be difficult to imagine players wearing masks. I'm shocked boxing is happening.
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Yeag l was pretty shocked by those pictures as it must reduce the efficiency of both boxers in a fight.
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27-04-2020, 20:09
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Yeag l was pretty shocked by those pictures as it must reduce the efficiency of both boxers in a fight.
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Found the video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_M8S1DSK_vA
The fighters are the only one's in the arena without a mask when the fight starts. Weird atmosphere too
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27-04-2020, 20:16
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Found the video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_M8S1DSK_vA
The fighters are the only one's in the arena without a mask when the fight starts. Weird atmosphere too |
Strange how they wore the mask for everything else but not the fight as there would be even closer contact in a ring.
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28-04-2020, 01:27
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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He's not very aspirational with two games per day! I could easily see it being 3 or even 4 at weekends. Teams playing every third/fourth day until season done.
As pointed out there's a risk if just one of the "inner circle" gets infected so I doubt they would want to take any longer than they need to.
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two games in the league i mean i.e. two different fixtures...not the same team playing twice a day. apologies! I hadnt thought about other staff. the coaching staff would be with the squad in the hotel. the police are already still working in difficult circumstances so i doubt it'd be much different? they probably have less of a risk of infection in an empty stadium than they do walking the streets etc.
Don't the teams in the premier league have to have team doctors etc so unless a huge injury wouldnt need NHS assistance? Couldnt they jib the ball boys off and just get the players to grab the ball... i can't think of who else they would need? Admittedly to the other question i had drank a few glasses of wine so good spot whoever that was
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28-04-2020, 09:25
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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It really would be difficult to imagine players wearing masks. I'm shocked boxing is happening.
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Given they could kill each other anyway, it's only a slight additional risk.
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28-04-2020, 09:29
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Given they could kill each other anyway, it's only a slight additional risk.
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Hmm no Mr K as the boxing referee will stop the fight when he believes its gone on long enough.
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28-04-2020, 09:31
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
I think one of my local non league teams could safely resume footy. Av. attendance is about 50, plenty of space. 
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28-04-2020, 09:33
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I think one of my local non league teams could safely resume footy. Av. attendance is about 50, plenty of space. |
Has not the non league season been declared null and void though.
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28-04-2020, 09:35
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Has not the non league season been declared null and void though.
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Yes shame, as I said they had more chance to socially distance. With no Premiership/EFL the TV rights could have been hot property and bought much needed income !
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28-04-2020, 10:30
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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Yes shame, as I said they had more chance to socially distance. With no Premiership/EFL the TV rights could have been hot property and bought much needed income !
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Not sure anyone would pay money to watch low level football - even if Professional football is not on
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28-04-2020, 11:20
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
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the easiest way to complete the EPL season is get everyone in the EPL tested. Move the squad to a hotel and keep them isolated there for 4 weeks. play 2 games a day on broadcast and subscription tv. great for morale. get the season completed by June in time for the UCL to restart.
Downside is the squad will need to be away from home for 4 weeks. A lot of people are going through that worldwide. The sooner it gets finished the sooner everyone can go off for summer break and come back maybe september with reduced international football and cancel the league cup for a year or something
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There was talk at one stage, of Premiership Rugby doing this by using the Twickenham Marriot as quarantine.
It would tick a few boxes in terms of broadcast-TV, isolation and match completion.
Practicalities, realities and the domestic/international rugby calendar, that's a whole other story.
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28-04-2020, 12:05
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Re: What sport could safely return to TV
Was watching some of the AFL matches they played before suspending things. A few rule changes and no spectators. It's really odd without the crowd, they do add so much to the event
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