One of the US pro leagues is exploring playing games outside the US because for a certain "fee," paid to the government and the people in charge, they are willing to waive social distancing.
Maybe the NHL and Russia. The NBA and China are not getting along right now because one of the league's GMs insulted the country last October and China cut off all business with the NBA ($400 million/yr)
@ Sandybrook. I think they made nice again because Lebron attacked the Houston rockets?? GM for speaking out. So I wonder if they want to get back in their good graces.
The season was just getting underway when Covid-19 arrived, so I'd imagine the league is desperate to find a way to move forward and earn some sort of revenue.
Alternatively, NHL and Canada.
Hockey season was almost over when play was suspended, and Canadians are rabid hockey fans, so I can imagine the Stanley Cup being allowed to go forward "with strict safety measures" or somesuch nonsense. And don't fool yourself, Canadian business and government is certainly corrupt enough to make this possible.
@squirrelmistress. Speak for yourself lol! I am missing my LA Dodgers who acquired Mookie Betts for a single season (they have to pay him for even if he doesn't play) and were primed to take the WS this year (as well as host the All Star game our stadium did expensive renovations for) after the Astros and Red Sox cheating scandals. I may not love an individual egomaniac on a team but I hope they play SOME baseball, even say a month's worth. America will need the moral boost and diversion of it's national past time after all this!
Please. The Dodgers choke every post season. If they didnt lose to the Astros, they would have lost to the Bronx Bombers, who were clearly the favorites this year.
From a business perspective, any pro league that gets on the air will have a captive audience in the billions, so it must be tempting ... Though they'd get a hell of a lot of criticism too.
@bollybiy I am Canadian and a "rabid" hockey fan and let me tell ya bud, nobody's trying that hard to watch a f'n hockey game right now. it's friggin ridiculously strict here now and you can barely leave the house without the possibility of being fined a minimum of $1000... and since most of us aren't rollin in the dough, I highly doubt you need to be concerned that us Canadians are going to risk doing anything so foolish as sporting events. We all want this over with asap. :) Lord Stanley can wait lol
The Galaxy?
ReplyDeleteNBA and China?
ReplyDeleteThey're playing baseball in South Korea
ReplyDeleteIf there is corona outbreak in China they won’t report it so they would fit this blind.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the NHL and Russia. The NBA and China are not getting along right now because one of the league's GMs insulted the country last October and China cut off all business with the NBA ($400 million/yr)
ReplyDelete@ Sandybrook. I think they made nice again because Lebron attacked the Houston rockets?? GM for speaking out. So I wonder if they want to get back in their good graces.
ReplyDeletedefinitely the NBA wants to make amends but we all know how the Chinese Govt. reacts to stuff.
ReplyDeleteMake em walk by those Wet Markets.
ReplyDeleteMajor League Soccer and Mexico.
ReplyDeleteThe season was just getting underway when Covid-19 arrived, so I'd imagine the league is desperate to find a way to move forward and earn some sort of revenue.
Alternatively, NHL and Canada.
Hockey season was almost over when play was suspended, and Canadians are rabid hockey fans, so I can imagine the Stanley Cup being allowed to go forward "with strict safety measures" or somesuch nonsense. And don't fool yourself, Canadian business and government is certainly corrupt enough to make this possible.
we don't need anymore highly paid sports whores anyway. this pandemic has proved it. ditto for the celebs.
ReplyDeleteStupid. Boris Johnson is in the ICU on a vent, deliberately laughing at this virus, shaking hands with everyone....
ReplyDeleteProbably supposed to be UFC & Russia, but Khabib is out and UFC 249nis said to be on the west coast.
ReplyDeleteThere’s no way even the NBA would be stupid enough to do this with China.
ReplyDelete@squirrelmistress. Speak for yourself lol! I am missing my LA Dodgers who acquired Mookie Betts for a single season (they have to pay him for even if he doesn't play) and were primed to take the WS this year (as well as host the All Star game our stadium did expensive renovations for) after the Astros and Red Sox cheating scandals. I may not love an individual egomaniac on a team but I hope they play SOME baseball, even say a month's worth. America will need the moral boost and diversion of it's national past time after all this!
ReplyDeletePlease. The Dodgers choke every post season. If they didnt lose to the Astros, they would have lost to the Bronx Bombers, who were clearly the favorites this year.
ReplyDeleteA potentially dangerous move if they go through with it.
ReplyDeleteFrom a business perspective, any pro league that gets on the air will have a captive audience in the billions, so it must be tempting ... Though they'd get a hell of a lot of criticism too.
ReplyDeleteVEry well could be the MLS. That league isn't on the same kind of financial footing of league's like the NFL and the NBA.
ReplyDelete@bollybiy
ReplyDeleteI am Canadian and a "rabid" hockey fan and let me tell ya bud, nobody's trying that hard to watch a f'n hockey game right now.
it's friggin ridiculously strict here now and you can barely leave the house without the possibility of being fined a minimum of $1000... and since most of us aren't rollin in the dough, I highly doubt you need to be concerned that us Canadians are going to risk doing anything so foolish as sporting events. We all want this over with asap. :) Lord Stanley can wait lol
UFC? Saying they will go to a desert island to fight
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