Topic: Sports icons and Covid19 complications (Read 744 times)

I guess they will just accept people or audiences that have been vaccinated with the vaccine, the audiences would have to show proof that they have been vaccinated before they are allowed to go in and watch the game live.

There's still no implementing guidelines on this because we do not have a vaccine yet, the sports organizations want to get live audiences back they are losing revenues on the ticket sales, so we'll see how things will play out when we have the vaccine.

I wonder if the stadiums will be packed full like they used to be if vaccines are given to the spectators... or will they be made to maintain the social distancing and follow previous health safety protocol/rules. People could easily put their trust in vaccine and start taking big risk in crowded places and with their bodies. Such people could make the disease more stronger and difficult to treat/cure.

We still know nothing about the long term affect. It has been seen on some cases that people who have recovered from corona virus, are still suffering from various complications. Some have reported that their lungs are no longer as healthy as it used to be. Some reported that they get exhausted or tired real quick months after recovery. Again, we already heard that people are getting infected once again after recovery. Though all of these seems to be a rare case (or maybe not rare), we still need to study about the affects.

Most of the athletes and sportsman who had suffered have come out of it. Among the players who had tested positive for covid-19 were suggested to go on rest, because the virus could cause heart complications leading to cardiac arrest. Same as the spreading the recovery rate too is found high on most of the countries.

Let's do hope that things will be better next year so that things can slowly go back to the way it was, and in order for fans to watch their favorite team live as for sporting events. As for now, watching sports at home is the safest thing to do.

Anyway, these sudden turn of events can really sometimes be frustrating, like players being infected with the virus. But IMO, it may affect the team but not the sports as a whole. Besides, as athletes, they are known to have an active lifestyle so surely, they can recover easily from the virus.

The vaccine is coming out gradually as many countries are beginning having it. I believe that soon with the rate of advocacy of the vaccine, the second wave might be reduced in its rate of infection because of the medication.

The truth is that there is not much we can do except to protect ourselves to the best of our ability, after the first lockdown was lifted in my country people began to act as if everything was over and this could not be further from the truth, I have a friend that is a doctor and he told me that around the time the lockdown was lifted we saw a decrease in the number of people being hospitalized because of coronavirus and he has told me that now things are worse than ever and yet I see people taking less precautions than ever despite things being this bad, and if people keep being defiant then most likely our healthcare system will get overloaded causing more people to die as they cannot receive the proper medical attention.

Definitely not a good idea to push through an event sports in the midst of this pandemic they shouldn't have to think of the loses of profit because of the pending, rescheduling or even cancellation of sports they should put on their top priority about the health of the players that was on the risk when this might pushed through. There so much complication when it comes to pushing through a team sports like football, basketball etc.  

The effects of the corona virus have diminished somewhat the government of each country is considering a second lockdown if a second wave occurs the situation will get much worse the number of deaths will increase a lot including the country's economy. The correct solution is not possible until the vaccine is available sports will be suspended for the safety of the players many will be affected by the disease if social distance is not maintained.

Not because they are fit in game meaning they are not risking in Covid,Because the virus is attacking our internals and even Younger people dies in this.

yeah he might be capable to carry the Virus but not all of players will do though so far there no casualties recorded from the sportsman who deals in Covid 19.
This is the saddest part,the second lockdown will again stops all the sports and people will still wait for another weeks or month.

It is right, and by helping ourselves by protecting it from the virus by following all of the health protocols, we can avoid adding problems. At least, we can take care of ourselves, and if people can do the same thing, I think we can reduce the number of infections. We need to be patient until the vaccine can be found, while we need to accept the reality that the virus still out there. I am sure that the vaccine will release to help people who suffer from the virus, and this pandemic will be end soon.

Right now, we can't do much but help our own selves to begin with. As much as possible, don't add problem to the others. Be mindful to your surroundings and be alert. I believe it is hard to contain this pandemic without vaccine involved. So we do need to have the vaccine in place to live a lil bit more relax.

People now arent believing already with that second wave third wave or so forth yet the situation becomes even more worst as day passed.
Solution is that we would need to follow up health protocols and remain to be patient and be disciplined so that situation wont gotten an worst.
We have seen seasons that had successfuly been finished in spite of the current situaion we are in which signifies that they had done their
job well on containing the virus.It do sucks to deal with this new normal but is there something we can do something about?

Have negative impact I think because many club could get completed their player like what happen with Ajax Amsterdam have miss eleven players after positive covid 19. Beside still not allowed for supporters to be present at the stadium, which is one of the most difficult reasons for clubs to play home, because if the match is done away because they are without their support.
If only 15 players test positive for Covid 19, it is likely that they will be disqualified from the match, most terrible impact with covid 19 for sport competition and many event this year have pause after many countries got covid 19.

They would probably not. Players and managements are just doing their jobs. It is sad to know there are players who became covid positive while they are doing their "thing". It is not really intentional even in the side of managements. Going with the norms of the society, continuation is already a risk but they are somehow left with no other choice. Big buisnesses will not be able to survive without continuation of their operations. Ofcourse it would be better for anyone not to go outside but it is their task in order to make a living. Let us just hope that no other players or people will be suffering in this pandemic we are experiencing.

The second wave that many experts feared may come is finally here and it does seems as if it going to be even worse than the first wave and this is because people are already tired of this new normality and they do not want to comply anymore and this is going to eventually create more problems over the long term, and the same is true for sports, they have lost too much money already and they cannot maintain themselves anymore so most likely they will keep playing putting players at risk of getting infected and even if the vast majority of athletes are young and in top physical shape we know coronavirus affects people in different ways and you do not know if you are one of the few that will develop grave symptoms.

What they want to be different from other sporting events, NBA boxing MMA and other sporting events have followed a strict protocol of not allowing fans to watch the games live, although the gate is suffering, they just want to keep moving even holding the game without a fan and suffer from gate recept losses.
Fans should accept the situation, it will only happen this year, things will be better next year, there's nothing worse than letting fans attend the game live.

Being just responsible is different with performing your duties. If you are a civilian, well ofcourse it would be better to be isolated and to just be at home but if you are in any profession, there will be sacrifices in order to suffice your needs as an individual. Allow them to continue, as far as I know there are contracts signed by the players. And more likely, the management will be in charge for the continuation if scenario will be worsen. And ofcourse they won't make such action that might danger their reputations right?

It looks like lots of popular televised sports in Europe will be banned for the next few weeks or months with a second wave of lock downs coming in. Like many people, it's going to heavily affect a certain group of athletes who would be making their first steps into a career this year. I do wonder how long it will take certain sports, like football, to recover when the default in football stadiums are tens of thousands of people crammed together in a very confined space. At least it's a break from all the hooligans and odd bits of racism that infect the sport at times.

I'm not sure if this will really a better decision to play after we just got diagnosed with Covid19, if we are asymptomatic, we might not know how severe covid will be if we acquire it again for the second time.

That is why it is still advisable to stay at home and consider playing online, instead of risking our life when we can still get the satisfaction through crypto gambling casinos.

Good to know that those well known players are now going to play back after being tested again and the result  now turned to negative, they are  ready now and fit to play the game.

It's the game set up that being affected. Lots of losses in terms of incomes but the game still moving forward and fans even without there physical involvement they still love to watch their team playing actively.

It'd probably be a lot better for those people to just use clips from the official filming team of the match, that or the filming team can sell it to those people that want them (though it'd most likely just be clipped by people since it's broadcasted for free). It's not a good way to income, especially since there's a risk of gadgets being lost, no matter how secure they do it, and it isn't really an attractive offer f
or those people that want films of the match.
Nothing they can do about it tbh. It'd actually be a lot better to just stop totally the process of accepting the audience for a few more months, just to solidify their health protocols and process of accepting the audience slowly. They have to look at the long term profits instead of immediate ones imo.

Opening sports events during the middle of a crisis is not a good idea at all. The government should make the rules even more strict so as to reduce forcibly the number of infected cases. Right now, Europe is facing the second wave of COVID with thousands of new cases recorded every day. And it seems that each country is exhausted after driving back the first wave.

Football is considered the king of all sports. And because of that reason, EUFA, as well as FIFA, can make some adjustment which can change the mind of the people so that they willing to stay at home as long as the disease still exists. Letting fans attend such any sports event can make the situation even worse

Many popular players got the virus and most of them are already virus free and back to the field while some are being tested for fitness before hitting the ground. Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala were some popular names tested positive in football world. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was also tested positive. Dybala and many other players are already back in the game while Ronaldo is highly likely to play the next match. Covid doesn't seem to pose a risk to players health but surely has affected the game.

Yes, one of the tops sports here in our place had put to stop over and over again and fans do not like to watch anymore because of this kind of events. Some fans are expressing their despair towards poor management of the organizers but it could not help. The virus really is fast to transmit after news that one of the personnel of basketball coaching staff had been reported postive. So sad that it happen but the organizers too do not want to get the health of everyone to get compromise and to violate the rulea set by the authority.

Overall it will give a negative impact to all the sports as we are not yet fully prepared in this kind of scenario where there are certain rules that are need to follow before they can reopen the game again unlike in the past that there is no certain requirements like that.

Covid really affects the sports pretty bad not only the players who were infected to the virus but also the fear for the players whether they are  safe while playing. But nothing can be done to it especially if there is no safe vaccine yet therefore we will just accept the new normal in sports even if we can see some adjustment to it.

I wonder if they have considered having thousands of people attach their cameras/audio and internet devices in particular/secure part of the stadiums and get their owners pay some fees for the duration of their favorite matches. I guess that is one of the ways to generate income in the absence of fans/people in the stadiums. This would also help in the area of transparency because it seems people now rely on few cameras in judging activities in live matches.

I do agree, but everyone should be very careful, we have seen others sports trying to cope with this new normal with having safety protocols in mind. So football organisers will have their hands full because football is one sports wherein there are so many fans, I would say fanatics that implementing the safety protocols would be a nightmare for organisers.

But players should set the example here, they should be the one to follow regardless of the stature of the football players, they don't want to get this into a full blown covid-19 epidemic to football players.

I don't know whats the reason why most of infected Players are from Football when basketball players also Practice in time of pandemic but only Few becomes infected.

So the damage in Football side are really bad comparing to other sports in the world.

Players are healthy and can carry the virus the problem is their family and friends that might be infected if this strict policy will not be implemented so
lets assume that in the next months NFL will continue and i miss watching them via live streaming.

The discipline will be the main factor that will help the management staff, and the players still use health protocols. But we don't know what they will do in their home, or while they are in the public area without anyone know. If they are concerned about their health, they will always follow the health protocols, no matter where they are, because this virus can attack people without realizing it.

The spreading of the virus still a mystery. Some scientists say that it could spread from the airborne, inhaling, touching, or else, and I guess there is no right clue how the virus can get inside our body. Perhaps, it could be like a cough, flu, or other minor ailments. But if we can take care of ourselves carefully, we will not get the spread, and we can be fine.

For the most part, the sports that have resumed have done so appropriately and taken precautions to minimize the risk of infections. There was a few times where they had to postpone NFL games but after they isolated infected players they kept the virus from spreading and were able to carry on with the season.

It's like a big blunder about sports during this pandemic. As we can see, everyone can catch this virus because of the match. this has happened in some football clubs where staff and players have contracted the virus. Even though you have implemented a health protocol to prevent spread, the risk of spreading still exists and it can be from anywhere.

So that indeed many sports are still not running normally anymore. Besides that, there is another way to make a match where there are no spectators at the station so that it is only broadcast live. This could be one way to prevent the virus from spreading quickly. but also caused great losses.

I really hope that this virus can end soon so that sports can really run normally and well again

All the athletes are living in a bubble and i am sure they are not allowed to mingle with anyone else.

The virus will not travel a long distance, if you are taking the precautions of using mask and having a sanitizer in your pocket will do.

The new normal is to be hygienic and extra precautions .  

If it is for the safety of the players, I think fans would more prefer them to be healthy than to risk their lives if the situation is still not fine in that region. Games could wait as well as fans, but if the players still choose to continue, then who are we to be a hindrance. Sad to say that there are players who are eager to get back with their respective sports because they are lacking financial aspect, these are the "small time" athletes. Since that is their chosen career, they have no other choice but to continue desoite of the fear they are feeling. The vaccine still is in progress and that is valid for players to make extra caution on their actions.

One thing is on the discipline itself to those players and management staffs etc.. Health protocol would be meaningless if people wont follow it and if theyve done it right then we can expect that there would be no ahead problems will arise in terms of possible infections before the games.

But we cant be sure that it wont happen yet there would be always some chance yet this virus is airborne and can really be caught by someone on just touching nor inhaling those
things.We are on the new normal so its expected that we would need to follow up strictly on health protocols for us to make ourselves safe and also can continue to play
for the sake of their fans.

The game should continue as fans are waiting for it, there are protocols to follow and if everything got settled players needs to play and do their best in order to show the fans the game that they wanted to watch, there's always certain ways and if the team are willing to proceed and fight up whatever they've got it still possible for them to take it for the fans.

Maybe are many focused on football as a very popular sport and one that brings huge amount of money but I think that all sports are affected by pandemic. There are many athletes who are infected and their health and safety should be at first place before the profit.
However we all love sports and sports betting and I think there is the way to find the balance between controlling pandemic and continuing with matches and events.

If they are ensuring the protocols that have been handed down by the WHO then I think it will be fine but this Pandemic really add up to the mentality of the players if a player or fighter is scared of the Covid-19 or the virus that will add up as a trigger to make him venerable in not making a good game,

I think the new normal for every game will surely require testings and aside from doing countermeasures there are many protocols and rules to be followed, and fans just enjoy the game and stay safe at home.

As long as the team were healthy and they did the protocols needed before the game it's good to continue the game as we really need to face the new normal and we have to deal with it. It's a chance for other players to prove themselves that even the sports icon were unable they can let their team win. They have to adjust as much as possible so they will test whether their protocols will work and will not give more cases of virus. Proper implementation or protocol should be provided to keep them self.

Definitely, there could be a huge effect on the team performance if sports icons or other lead players will not be able to join and play because they get infected with the virus, it is a twist and will make it hard to predict the outcome of the match.

Though this is a reality however it only ensures the safety of the other players instead of risking the health of everyone that is involved in the game. On the other hand, it only made some changes on the scores and result but the sport itself will not be affected regardless of whom among these people got infected because the authority could not hold the sports back for a long time since people should start to adopt the new normal and this is part of it.

Infected sports athletes especially the case of the FIFA president Giani Infantino, makes sports feel threatend to me as these are the persons that make up sports and the decision that preceeds from the boards spare headed by such a figure in sports following the infection rates of athletes reflects negatively on having the games running as to possible spread let alone the fund being lost in from the tickets that are not being sold. With football being a purpular sport, it won't be long before, other sports would adopt to any policy that is made on the basis of controlling the virus which is of advantage as it might reduce spread but is an acceptance of the fact that, the new normal isn't working as expected and could result in a possible halt again.

That looks few but it was all straight in the football field , I know there are other sports that are also infected by the virus but the infected players are not higher than on football . Football was infact a long distance game compare to other shorter range sports or the nature of the game makes the player weak and have a weaker immune system

Football is one of the major sports and if football are experiencing a hard time this will have an impact to the sports economy and this includes sports betting

Covid-19 pandemic negatively affects almost every industry including the sports sector. This global crisis has made the sports sector into hiatus during the early part of this year. A lot of games were postponed, rescheduled, and even cancelled.

There were athletes reported on news that have contacted the virus which led to them being placed on quarantine and even the whole team they belong to. Games were postponed and resumed only months after it was declared safe to play again. However, even they resumed playing on arenas and stadiums again, financial problems were evident. There were almost no audience allowed to watch the games for safety precautions, hence no income coming from ticketing system. Unlike before prior to the pandemic, which has full packed crowd. This year severely impacted the sports money flow.

Sports in some countries have already resumed in line with the safety measures given to them. Sports can still flourish amidst the pandemic. The players just need to undergo and obey the health protocols like undergoing swab tests, etc. to be able to maintain themselves being physically fit as well as the people surrounding them.

It is better to delay our excitement to see our sports icons, rather than see them prematurely with their games.
And unfortunately, there are so many hiccups even if they try to create a decent game for their fans.
The situation will be more contained once the vaccine is available to the public.
But before that, expect there will be more issues arising around the game.

If the players and staffs are being impacted by soft opening the game when the pandemic infection is still rampant for the sake of entertainment of the fans, I do not think that they are putting priorities right. Even if they follow a strict protocol if the population surrounding the area is having a high infection rate, then it defeats the purpose. In my opinion, they should postpone the games so players can be at their optimal performance without worrying about getting infected, rational fans can understand a season pause in this time of pandemic.

We feel the real joy when watching live and that is one of the moment I miss doing, this pandemic affect the sports so much but I know this is not the end for us. The second wave is coming, and I know we can do better this time and in time, we will be covid free let’s just continue to follow our government and stay healthy, sports will be good again and they are slowly coming back which is a good sign for us.

Fans watching the football games of their teams live is the beauty of the game and it gives encouragement to them to do well at home but the covid-19 has made a misnomer to start looking right as normal, that the fans will start watching from home again. Anyway, I'm hoping it won't take long for this second wave of covid-19 to go away and the world will become free again to associate and do all with no fear or limitation in contact.

There are strategies that sporting management did for them to continue conveying the sports that fans are wanting in the middle of this pandemic. The effect if protocols are about to be followed strictly, there's not that much negative impact on it.

It is what every fans what to see, the sports that we like is coming back and as a fan, we can watch it live. Without compromising the health protocols and other certain rules, it's encouraging for the fans to see their beloved sports back such as soccer/football.

There are number of factors that can help lessen the chance of players contacting or getting ill from the disease...the players mental state is one of them. I wonder if this is taken seriously by clubs. They need to be happy and feel loved by their fans while they do their best to entertain them. I guess the lack of spectators to cheer them physically could contribute to poor mental health.
 They have to do what is right always for their own good. They need to eat healthy too.

We are slowly adopting the new trend and through digital we can still watch the game of our favorite sports just like what happened to the NBA this season. I don't know much about the football but the players is taking too much risk on this and even if they are covid19 free now, the second wave will still come if these kind of event will push through. Let's not hurry, we can recover slowly and hopefully early next year vaccine will appear so we can finally back to our normal life or we will deal with these new normal.

thats good that you read rules so that you can move smoothly without needing go go back and forth on that place just because you miss on what is written .allowing 30 percent of people can make a big impact to the performance of those that performs on the stage/stadium they can make the play exciting because they know that there are still people that make an effort to meet them . its not sports that allow fans but its the sports management and higher authorities that makes this possible , you should thank them or you can thank them by doing your part which is following the safety guidlines .

Well, as a general rule for safety and to avoid the spread of covid 19 social distancing should be implemented at all times, but there are still exemptions to the rule like in this case where all precautionary measures are being implemented to secure the health of all the players as well as the people who work behind it not to mention the swab test, -- the 14-day quarantine that these people are going through just to make the game back to normal in the eyes of every fan.

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Perhaps there are be some cases like with FIFA president Giani Infantino who got infected but we may not conclude that he got it from the game because these people also dealt outside the same as with the other players. If some players get infected by the virus somehow it has an impact on the team's performance for the game works by the team but -- we should take a consideration that the sport itself will still work and will bring entertainment to everyone.

Yes, I had also read other rulings here in our place to which allow social gathering to a certain amount of capacity to a certain venue of which up to 30% only will.be catered. By that it make sense that sports are really wanted too allowing fans in the venue to witness the game. This is a good start of growing back the economy but hopefully people will still observe the minimum health requirements to minimize the spread of the covid19 virus which has been really a troublesome to us all.

If the said region, area or place is almost Covid-19 free, or let's say 80%-90%, then they can consider doing that.

But in a case where there are still lots of recorded confirmed cases everyday, then they are just contributing to the problem if they will let and allow fans on the venue. That's not a good plan but instead, they can just stick the to the new normal setup like what other sports did.

Why in a hurry if there's another method which is more safe and secure. If other sports survived the setup without the audience, then it's also possible to football.

As long theres no vaccine then theres no other option but to go ahead and continue but with having that strict health protocol.This virus is indeed no joke and transmission
could really be severe if the players or staffs itself are way not too disciplined on following these guidelines for them not to spread the said virus.
Once infected then the possible problems could really go even more worst.It doesnt exclude anyone because once you have it then you would really get
infected.

lets admit it, we will only contain this infection when a potent vaccine is already available for consumption. however, sports events are trying to go back slowly. and now, they will see the repercussions of such event. but life goes on, right? people will find their ways how to minimize or lessen their chance of being infected.
also, many sports personalities are trying to skip some of their events owed to personal reasons, and we cant blame them. this pandemic is no joke to everyone.

I really thought of these and I figure out how boring some hit matches would be, I have observed that no matter how strict precautions to be taken of been contacted may be but to no avail, players, coach and staff are still getting contacted. If this continues throughout the season then there must be a major competition among clubs finishing top because the virus affects some major players giving them imbalance in their lineups, for instance, Christiano Ronaldo absent in today's match against Barcelona will definitely give Juventus a though time in winning the Spanish giant this night. So I see some imbalance in team lineups and its really affecting club performance not only in soccer but other sports too as well.

Cannot say that the flow hasnt been affected that much.We can see that they are still making out revenue but comparing it to those normal days of operation then you can really
presume out or does have the view that the gap or losses is really that evident but at least somehow they do consider to continue in spite of the situation that we are experiencing.
PPV sales had increase but i do highly believe that people do tend to watch replays so expect that it wont really turn out that all people will really be willing to watch directly in on spot event.

About on the player complications towards virus then this isnt something new yet this had been an issue even wayback with some NBA players and its not excluding for it to happen with
other sports too but doesnt mean that they will completely stop it.

Can we just be used to seeing a new setup in sports now? There are lots of changes from usual and that was expected to happen.

I'm seeing the implementation of the current new sport set up for at least 1-2 years more while we are waiting for the 100% prior to normal.

And for those football leagues that OP mentioned wherein they now allow fans bit by bit, I'm sure that was planned properly before they decided to implement it. The government approved it meaning they are well-prepared. They just have to bet that their strict regulations will be followed or else, their preparations, effort, cost, are all useless.

I'm pretty sure that there are many precautions that the event management did before making the players fight for the crown especially if it is a contact sport like boxing. A swab testing will occur for sure for all of the people in the arena to guarantee the safeness of the event. No one wants a player to have a virus since it can create a big issue that may collapse future events.

^ Soccer is a game that really breaks the general safety rule for covid 19 because players will really need to have physical contact with their teammates and their opponents. Though some players and people behind this sports might get infected by the virus because of physical contacts it is not a risk that these folks should take only because of their fans instead also for their living and to the economy for players do pay taxes as well which the government needed badly nowadays in order to survive in this pandemic. We might think that sports are only for entertainment and betting but they also play a big part in our economy. A team that will have an infected player may get an impact on the team's performance but it will not affect the sport in general.

I really hoped that someone would come up as you did. About boxing, it's usually a lot of contact, fluids coming off here and there at each contact, isn't it rather too risky, a mean, there are times when the infection could just be in it's early stage with no symptom readily visible just yet but then, I really feel they are doing a great job keeping the games up.

I'm really concerned about Lazio in tonight's Uefa Champions League match against a league champions like Club brugge. Still guessing what there timeline would be like and it's not funny at all. I don't even know what to predict. This is some of the complications covid has got on sports but then, if this form of absence occurs in many other things, I don't think sporting activities would still be able to continue.

We have seen what happens during match of champions league in March. https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpool-v-atletico-cause-covid-spike/
It seems that some cases have been linked directly to one of the match played in UK!
Probably we have to wait for another year (at least) waiting for some vaccine or an effective anti-viral.
Because the real problem isn't that a football player can easily bypass this disease. but it's very easy get infected, this virus has a strong ability for diffusion. And for older people the rate of death it's very high (around 4-6%).
Since it's impossible divide the society in "younger-healthy " "older-sick" it's very hard that sport will resume with supporters.

I think that travelling might not even be the central issue with safety during the pandemic for sports. I think it's actually the training and the matches that involve close contacts of players with one another while breathing hard, so particles travel a lot and fast. And it's also organizational things like locker rooms, and team-building things like hugging and other physical contacts. Even though the audience is not allowed on the matches (or, as in my country, allowed in limited numbers), the risks for players are still high, as the Ukrainian football experience shows. Plus, of course, the self-isolation of contact people takes them off the field. So the events are suffering and changing a lot, and so do the bets.

Yeah, it's obvious that corona virus disease is a transmitted disease and since some players has come in contacts with the virus, I think the best option is to take a proper treatment to avoid other player been infected and it's a something that concerns FiFA so if it's not well treated others might come across of it, so therefore other players have to be conscious of their selves to avoid contamination because everyone knows that the disease is dangerous, from my perspective , irrespective their normalisation others have to isolate them within a short time in order to verify their body reaction first.

Even if they will implement a strict health protocol, it does not give an assurance to everyone, even the players, couches, and staff that they are safe from getting infected. As long as there's a virus, there is a chance that they will get infected. So even if how strict they are with the protocol during practice or matches, it won't be enough as long as there's no vaccine yet.

The same with football, several sports are already trying to slowly go back to normal while applying the protocols. However, scenarios like this can happen where someone from the team gets infected, so I think they should also be ready for this kind of situation now while we are still adjusting to the new set up.

They should have strict measures to players just like what the NBA has done. They form rules and regulations to the new normal, restricting players from interacting with crowded or going outside, and added virtual fans to boost players morale. That's why the event was successful with no player getting infected with the disease.

Players are indeed taking a lot of risk just to play the game that they loved and of course the fans are also taking risk watching it live, but for now we have to paused for a while and think if its worth taking risk though players are indeed physically fit, but there's no assurance for this since Covid-19 is very dangerous. Even if the sports club resume their live events with the limited audience, I will still not watch live because my life is more important than anything else, and no worries since I can still watch then through online.

I would like to discuss the subject in general since football is not popular here in our country basketball and boxing are, sporting events are in a new normal, a new normal that keeps the exictement going, we still don't have the presence of the fans in the blenchers and stadium, but they make their presence felt by posting on social medias of their support, we can already call it an achievement, they are restricted but the outcome and results are awesome.

When a door closes, several other opens up! That's exactly what happened to Sports industry as well. Since they are not able to sell huge number of tickets, the price of broadcasting rights have gone up and the channel is seeking more money from the advertisers. So the money flow has not affected much. It's just the source has changed!

Definitely it's an entirely different experience to watch a football game live from the gallery than the TV. But that's the new normal I believe! Either we adopt or quarantine term is waiting for us!

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People please use your head and think, current PCR tests for covid19 are bullshit like Cristiano Ronaldo said.
Look at the stats and you will see that over 99% infected people with this virus fully recovers, and I would say that are good odds for any gamblers.
Many leagues in Europe started to allow crowd in limited numbers and I think that is right decision.

I think we have no guarantee to watch a sports match that has some normal audience in this following match even in the NBA if they really start the next season in December. because as you can see we haven't concluded the outbreak of the Covid19 yet and the vaccine has not even had a published record. In other words, we will stay at this new normal without knowing when to get back to the normal life we had. Everything has been affected and also not only sports but the schools became complicated nowadays.



https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2024920

COVID-19 has affected almost everything in our normal lives. That includes sports. Although many countries and sports leagues have already resumed sports matches and games, the situation is still far from the normal days prior to the pandemic. We have seen how once full-packed arenas are now empty of live audiences during sports events. Some matches that were cancelled due to the pandemic haven't been staged yet until now.

It seems to me the fun and intensity that once characterized sports events are now reduced significantly with games held in bubbles. It was kind of surreal watching heated boxing and MMA matches which ended up like mere sparring sessions with only the players' corner team present.

This is also by far the biggest problem I see here. The athletes themselves are both physically and mentally in extremely good shape and receive top medical care, so I dare to say that Corona will pass almost all professionals almost without a trace.

But the financial impact of Covid will actually become a problem. The clubs are currently missing out on unbelievably high revenues:

• The games take place without spectators as so-called "ghost games", so there is no income from ticket sales
• As a result, all other revenues generated by match days are also missing, including fan article sales from the stores and sales in the stadium itself (beer, snacks, etc.)
• Advertising contracts will be shortened due to the significantly lower reach
• ...

This even goes so far that the cities where the teams come from (Madrid, London, ...) receive much less income from tourism, because the fans are simply missing. And all this in the best time of the Champions League around Christmas. Many teams are already heavily in debt. Lack of income will now inevitably lead to the fact that probably even large clubs will go bankrupt.

Football and other sports that occupies the big field may partially normalize and start allowing fans to sit even with 3 seats apart as the stadium's capacity is greater than any other indoor sports.
In the events of corona outbreak inside the league might create a bad impact if not contained within a day of the outbreak. That also depends on the discipline of the players and staff inside the league. Although athletes are usually asymptomatic.

I heard about Christiano Ronaldo's news, and I am really sad. We can wish that he will be okay and pass the virus and come back to the field again.
I guess we need to look at how they live, what they did if they don't practice for the match, and how they can protect themselves against the virus because we can see that many people out there do not care about the virus.
If many players can not protect themselves from the virus and don't wear a mask while in the public area, they can get an infection from other people they don't know.

But we hope that the sports will not stop because the players get infected, but if many players get an infection, then there is nothing we can do except to see the sports will be stopped and cancel from the match.
We need to help ourselves to help other people's health.

If players and all staff inside the dome/bubble have quarantined and no one is allowed to go out of the dome, it just goes to show that the weak link of such a setup lies on either the security or the ones who are handling the food and processing them. The bubble is honestly a huge petri dish of disaster once an individual contracted the virus, and there's no point continuing the said event if most of them have close contacts with each and everyone since most of them will fall sick like dominos due to the high infectivity rate of the virus. Then again, the sporting event has started, and it will be difficult for the organizers to budge considering that huge money is on the line here.

What we all know to realize is we are going to get it one way or other at some point in our life. The best way is to be prepared for it and do appropriately to recover from it. We've seen players have a better resistance against it and most of them tested positive are as good as ever but their are study suggesting it could have a long term effect on the lungs which maybe a issue for any athletes. It's someone like Infantino that may suffer a lot but he don't have to play on field.

Nothing we can do about it. Sports organizations have already started going back to training and practice for tournaments, so if their star players simply get off due to contracting the covid, they have basically no choice but to drop out. It's not like they can ask the organizations to temporarily stop the tournaments and the like due to one team having their star players out of the game, though it does affect sportsbook bets since most matches would already have a determined winner most of the time.

They could stop the tournaments for now though, have everyone undergo tests, as well as a self-quarantine of 14 days (strict quarantine) to guarantee that none would get infected by the day of the match. They could also even limit interaction to only those in the same team as well as trainers.

The virus affects the teams both on a sporting level but also financially. Since you mentioned Ronaldo, he has been unavailable for his team in the last two weeks. That has caused problems in attack and some unexpected results. The COVID-19 situation in Italy is getting worse again, and the sporting authorities have responded by disallowing fans to attend football matches. This will impact the teams financially. Tonight, one of the biggest matches is Juventus - Barcelona. A sold-out Juventus Arena would surely have brought the club revenues of €4-5 Million just from ticket sales, but that wont happen now. Millions would be watching on TV, but those numbers will also be lower since Ronaldo isn't playing.

It does add a huge element of unpredictability. We might think that individual sports might be worst affected, but obviously team sports can be as well because the players are together, and once one contracts the virus it can sweep through the whole squad very quickly. As well as impacting results, there can of course also be a huge financial effect - the Champions League being an example, particularly once it reaches the knock-out stages, where one bad result can end your participation. If your squad gets the virus just before an important match, it can mean being knocked out and receiving no more Champions League revenue for the season.

Well, football/soccer is actually one of the games we believe shouldn't be part of the allowed games in the crisis because it violate the health safety rules of social distancing. It actually creates the risk of players bump against each, coming very close to each other and spreading the disease. The case could be different where the spectators are if they will social distance or space properly.... and the players have to accept to take the risk for the sake of fan.
 The most important thing is to ensure that no one breaks the health safety rules, but It will be hard for the players not to break the rules due to the nature of the game. If rules can be followed strictly and the players health safety guaranteed, then they could go ahead.
Hope they will let in less than stadium capacity to avoid crowds.

I think this will not impact soccer negatively in general.Cristiano has been posting all over social media the training he was doing when he had Covid 19 and his form looked and looks great,physical form.The players of a certain team will impact negatively only the team and not soccer in general.No matter Europe has been hit with the second wave of Covid 19 I think sports will go on.

Sports and Covid19

In order to ensure the continuity of the spirit of good sportsmanship and to entertain fans of sports, various sporting activities ensured the resumption and opening of their sporting arena with a strict adherence to the Covid19 pandemic guidelines but it always seems not enough, considering the travelling aspect of most sports as a necessity. The new normal is also believed to have been a major influence to the outcomes of most team meetings as it's valuable players, couches and directives with Covid19 complications are isolated away from sporting engagements as a way of preventing the spread of the virus.

Of recent, the FIFA president Giani Infantino has been reported to be infected with Covid19. Infantino is believed to have done little of traveling since the pandemic though, it was rightly reported of his attendance of a normalised relations signing with Israel and UAE at the white house sometime last month FIFA president Infantino is currently in isolation and FIFA has advised all who came in contact with him to take necessary steps for safety reasons.
This is sure to influence decision making in soccer as the president is going to be more skeptical with cases related to the pandemic.
Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-fifa/story/4219082/coronavirus-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-tests-positivein-isolation

Chaos hits Lazio as nine players has been reported missing from training camp due to covid-19 complications. The coach was left to train with less than 15 players in preparation for their next match in the Uefa champions league with Club brugge. Bad news for Lazio as one of the infected player is Ciro Immobile, a formidable striker and his absence from the game is surely going to result in a significant impact on the game.
Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8884201/Lazio-fear-coronavirus-chaos-NINE-players-missing-training-Club-Brugge-trip.html

Earlier on, Christiano Ronaldo has been in Isolation and have missed not just his nations but now, his games at Juventus and his absence on the pitch is very much reflected on the games.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cristiano-ronaldo-tests-positive-covid-19-73585875

Football was almost normalizing as some had started allowing fans to feature at the games but with this current turn out of events, what do you think would be the effect on sports.