dvd-4-life

So far today I have heard that the NBAs Golden State Warriors will play the Nets in an empty arena on Thursday while MLB's Seattle Mariners won't be playing in Seattle during the month of March.

The NBA is having governor meeting's today to discuss possible schedule changes(neutral site's,empty arena's etc).

Noonan

San Francisco has banned all gatherings of more than 1k. Warriors will probably finish off the season with no fans in attendance.

dvd-4-life

Same goes with the NHL San Jose Sharks plus their AHL affiliate.

DJariya

USC and UCLA here has banned fans from attending any Spring home events. So no fans will be seeing Spring football, baseball and softball etc.

dvd-4-life

They were just saying on MSNBC that a third of the population of the USA might get the virus.

DJariya

So what? Many people have already recovered. It's not like it's stuck in your blood stream and it's a death sentence.

If you want to keep your thread relegated to sports news cancellations, don't get off topic on stuff that should be talked about in the main coronavirus thread.

dvd-4-life

That mean's a third of the athletes might get it. That's not getting off the topic.

What would happen if the Lakers had a few players get the virus?

Rob V

They'd win by 15 instead of 25?

kenbuzz

This weekend's LA at Seattle XFL game will be played without fans. That essentially makes it just like any LA home football game.

kefrank

I'm especially interested to see what happens with March Madness. Watching those games played in empty arenas would be very weird, but may be warranted. We'll see what they decide to do.

kenbuzz

They'll decide soon.... I have a pair of tickets to the First Four next Tuesday and Wednesday and am waiting to hear.

dvd-4-life

My dad attend's the Division II No. 2 ranked team home games(that would be Lincoln Memorial University) and rumor has it they might host the Southeast regional but I am not sure if they will still play the games or what they will do.

Update: I just checked the team's website and they are hosting the regional March 14-17.

nickdawgy

I heard Houston banned gatherings, too. No, it’s not a cheating joke.

Noonan

World Figure Skating Championship cancelled per Quebec's Minister of Health.

Noonan

Both men's and women's college basketball tournaments will be held with no fans. NCAA just released a statement.

atrium

This handling of the Coronavirus is the definition of an overreaction.

DJariya

The Pac-12 tournament is this weekend in Las Vegas. I wonder if the Pac-12 tournament will also have 0 fans.

That's going to be a very weird March Madness with quiet stadiums for TV.

That's Millions and Millions going down the toilet for the NCAA this season.

Noonan

The BR report had the MM logo in the article so I assume that was the decision. Sounds like conference tournaments are still on (except Ivy League).

nickdawgy

I agree. But they probably don’t want to get sued.

DJariya

The NFL Draft is April 23rd through 25th in Las Vegas. I know some of my colleagues are worried about it's status. I can't imagine the NFL will cancel it because those kids need jobs. But, I could see them scaling it back and not allowing fans to attend and of course no contact with Goodell like previous years.

Bacon

I wonder if this will help the underdogs

Phodg

Can't see it being cancelled (the NFL draft, that is). But there's no need to have it in any kind of venue. Teams can just make picks from their offices and ESPN can still show the picks being made.

kefrank

Eh, I go back and forth. I get pretty annoyed at the sensationalism. At the same time, WHO has declared this a pandemic. The situation in places like Italy has gotten really bad. It has spread very rapidly and the percentage of deaths there is alarming. The best way to avoid the spread of something highly contagious is by taking steps like this to limit exposure. It of course will be hard to quantify how bad the situation would have been if these kinds of steps had not been taken.

Red Dog

This will be very very weird. Wonder if they will find a smaller site in ATL to play the F4 because having it in a huge dome doesn't make sense if nobody is there to watch it.

edit: and the NIT is doing the same thing.

Red Dog

Pretty much where I am.