Thread: Will there be a 2020 NFL season?

Originally Posted by pnbronco

This is really bad. I just read that they are in Philadelphia. Plus Under MLB’s 2020 operations manual, players or coaches who test positive on the road are required to remain in that city and quarantine for 14 days, and must test negative twice at least 24 hours apart to return to the roster.

Then you have that the visiting locker room has to have a deep cleaning, maybe deeper than normal.

If NFL players see how messed up this gets after a week of baseball then maybe they will understand how quickly things will go wrong if every step is not followed to the letter. I'm just not sure 20 somethings will really understand.

These baseball teams have a 60-player pool for each team. The idea is at that 12 new players from the Florida Marlins training site (these are mostly minor leaguers, although there are a few journeymen sprinkled in depending on the teams) who have been separated from the other players since the beginning of July will now join the team until the other players can return. I don’t know what football plans for that part of it.

Can you guys explain what is meant by the bubble I keep reading about?

Originally Posted by Davii

Can you guys explain what is meant by the bubble I keep reading about?

If you mean the NBA bubble, there is this

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/sp...ld/5387760002/

Originally Posted by Davii

Can you guys explain what is meant by the bubble I keep reading about?

The NBA players, coaching personnel, a small portion of team staff and NBA staff are essentially quarantined in three Disney hotels on the Disney World campus. They are tested daily, or were at the beginning. I think it may be less frequently since they haven’t had any positive tests in eight days, I think.

Originally Posted by Davii

Can you guys explain what is meant by the bubble I keep reading about?

Also NHL is doing the same thing in 2 different cities. Everyone that has passed the negative tests are being kept together and away from everyone else.

Originally Posted by pnbronco

Also NHL is doing the same thing in 2 different cities. Everyone that has passed the negative tests are being kept together and away from everyone else.

NBA required teams to quarantine in their own cities before coming to Orlando and quarantining again. I don’t think they’ve had a single positive test inside the Orlando “bubble.”

Originally Posted by Elevation inc

This.....the season will happen.....I don't think its smart with fans in attendance at all, but if you social distance, spread seats out and wear mask....impact could be limited.....The problem with the states is idiots thinking they don't need to do that.....so how do you police that at the stadium, teams like Denver might have a good plan, but there are plenty of poor managed teams that wont have a clue what to do.....

The players shouldn't be to impacted if they don't interact with fans......but don't be surprised to see a stadium that had fans allowed change course at some point if cases show.....

I don't think fans inside the stadium, or even gathering outside, is a good idea. My main concern is getting the season completed and if fans start to fall sick, like I mentioned before, it'll be very hard for the league to continue. With regular testing for players, coaches and whoever else associated with the actual game it should be safe for them.

There is an element of risk of course, but I think it is a minor one with no fans and with lots of testing.

Sport is a huge part of some level of normality and I think it'll do people a lot of good to have something to help them through these tough times.

No fans in stands will devastate the Denver Broncos, I wish they had actual leadership and not an empty suit.

Brandon McManus said that Brittany Bowlen wrote up a Covid protocal and that hers was one of the best he saw.

I'm glad she's involved somewhat.

so, the NBA bubble has worked up to this point, and they resumed play yesterday. . .


sounds like baseball's not doing so hot, though. . .

Two St. Louis Cardinals have tested positive for the coronavirus, resulting in Major League Baseball postponing Friday afternoon's game at the Milwaukee Brewers, it was announced.

MLB's quick decision to postpone Friday's game, which was scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET, comes after the outbreak within the Miami Marlins, who have had 20 positive tests -- 18 by players over the past eight days after another on Friday, sources told ESPN.


This brings the number of teams being held out of action on Friday to six. The Brewers and Cardinals will join the Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays as teams affected by the fallout from positive tests.

The Cardinals' positives represent the first positive tests the sport has seen outside of the East Coast since the regular season started last week.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ue-coronavirus

Originally Posted by Jaded

No fans in stands will devastate the Denver Broncos, I wish they had actual leadership and not an empty suit.

Speaking of empty suits, I think that tired rant belongs in >>> thread.

I haven't been following things, are camps fully going? I see a headline here and there about a player opting out, but not much other than that.

Originally Posted by Tned

I haven't been following things, are camps fully going? I see a headline here and there about a player opting out, but not much other than that.

Too early still to tell. Rookie camps are just starting. A few teams have had to send players home, and I think one team suspended camp for a few days, but overall I think it's still going forward for the most part.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Too early still to tell. Rookie camps are just starting. A few teams have had to send players home, and I think one team suspended camp for a few days, but overall I think it's still going forward for the most part.

Ok, so the 28th wasn't full blown training camp like we've seen in the past? I saw something about vets showing up a couple days ago.

Are they using this time to squeeze in what would have been normal offseason, like running a rookie camp before the traditional full squad training camp?