1. 04-12-20 03:13 PM #36
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    I'm thinking the NBA and NHL are done. But I also thought Bloomberg was gonna partner with Crooked Hillary and buy the election.

    Hopin this tentative baseball plan in Zona plan works out.

    No sports betting; no gym.....these are the times that try mens' souls.
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  2. 04-12-20 04:16 PM #37
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    Getting withdrawl symptoms from no gambling since March.
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  3. 04-12-20 05:04 PM #38
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    Bullshit
    Season will conclude for sure
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  4. 04-12-20 05:07 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by wakefield23 View Post
    Bullshit
    Season will conclude for sure
    Wrong

    Only if they can't restart in July

    I bet they play
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  5. 04-12-20 05:20 PM #40
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    July they can squeeze in the rest

    If it is an option
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  6. 04-12-20 05:25 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    July they can squeeze in the rest

    If it is an option
    That the plan
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  7. 04-12-20 06:50 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by wakefield23 View Post
    Bullshit
    Season will conclude for sure
    "For sure" being used on such uncertain times

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  8. 04-12-20 06:53 PM #43
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    Maybe football october. No fans..but the revenue hit will be insane..
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  9. 04-12-20 06:56 PM #44
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    Get rid of the NBA period.
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  10. 04-12-20 08:18 PM #45
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    Laker get twitch

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    Better all sports
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  11. 04-12-20 08:21 PM #46
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    rumors circulating that the nation is heading for the waste treatment plant
    sorry, that was my toilet

    same shit
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  12. 04-13-20 06:48 AM #47
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    MLB can start as late as August. Do not need a full season, just play as many games as possible for August, September, maybe part of October and then playoffs in Domed Stadiums.

    MLB is too greedy to let this go. Don't need fans, just TV revenue.
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  13. 04-13-20 07:22 AM #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brooklyn Dick View Post
    MLB can start as late as August. Do not need a full season, just play as many games as possible for August, September, maybe part of October and then playoffs in Domed Stadiums.

    MLB is too greedy to let this go. Don't need fans, just TV revenue.
    Makes sense.
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  14. 04-13-20 07:39 AM #49
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    if the nba comes back who is going to mop up the sweat after nearly every down court trip with 10 bodies dropping puddles of it in the lane. will they replace the mop after every quarter or every basket or rebound. will the drippings encased in the mop stay airborne long enough to drift over to the benches or scorer's tables. there will be no return of the nba or nhl this year.
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  15. 04-13-20 08:18 AM #50
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    Quote Originally Posted by unusialsusp5 View Post
    if the nba comes back who is going to mop up the sweat after nearly every down court trip with 10 bodies dropping puddles of it in the lane. will they replace the mop after every quarter or every basket or rebound. will the drippings encased in the mop stay airborne long enough to drift over to the benches or scorer's tables. there will be no return of the nba or nhl this year.
    supposedly one cannot contract COVID-19 through sweat
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  16. 04-13-20 08:27 AM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by homie1975 View Post
    supposedly one cannot contract COVID-19 through sweat
    supposedly. so no nba player, coach, or one of the 8 assistant coaches, tv analysts, color guys or multitudes of other people there (no fans) ever coughed or sneezed during a game. when 3 officials are huddled looking into a replay screen will they be 6' apart. the nba circus is over for this year.
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  17. 04-13-20 08:31 AM #52
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    Quote Originally Posted by unusialsusp5 View Post
    supposedly. so no nba player, coach, or one of the 8 assistant coaches, tv analysts, color guys or multitudes of other people there (no fans) ever coughed or sneezed during a game. when 3 officials are huddled looking into a replay screen will they be 6' apart. the nba circus is over for this year.
    the coughing and sneezing a different story. i agree. nba basically done this season. maybe they come back in Oct for next season.
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  18. 04-13-20 08:44 AM #53
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    Done until 21.

    Many people underestimate the fans roles in this. If anyone wants sports with no fans, you can have it. Between the health risk and no one being able to afford it, it's tough sledding ahead. And putting in context how fans help make sporting moments, I can't imagine seeing these sequences without the role of the fans:

    https://youtu.be/4IQr069iKJQ?t=16239
    https://youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?t=82
    https://youtu.be/hU4iucnuYNg?t=176

    No thanks.
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  19. 04-13-20 09:01 AM #54
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    players won't push the league to restart until their checks get smaller...
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  20. 04-13-20 09:05 AM #55
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    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    Done until 21.

    Many people underestimate the fans roles in this. If anyone wants sports with no fans, you can have it. Between the health risk and no one being able to afford it, it's tough sledding ahead. And putting in context how fans help make sporting moments, I can't imagine seeing these sequences without the role of the fans:

    https://youtu.be/4IQr069iKJQ?t=16239
    https://youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?t=82
    https://youtu.be/hU4iucnuYNg?t=176

    No thanks.
    you may have no choice. if you think fans will go running back into stadiums, arenas, and golf peanut galleries (those are the worst because they are stacked person to person), then you are in for a huge surprise.

    enjoy the past with those crowd ovations, because they might be gone for years.

    society might be changed for two to three years or longer after this.

    it will be tough for fans to scream for great sports plays when they are all wearing N95 respirators.
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  21. 04-13-20 09:06 AM #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Coffee View Post
    players won't push the league to restart until their checks get smaller...
    league lawyers will push right back. a string of lawsuits due to team personnel sickness or death could bring a franchise to its knees
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  22. 04-13-20 09:07 AM #57
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    Quote Originally Posted by homie1975 View Post
    you may have no choice. if you think fans will go running back into stadiums, arenas, and golf peanut galleries (those are the worst because they are stacked person to person), then you are in for a huge surprise.

    enjoy the past with those crowd ovations, because they might be gone for years.

    society might be changed for two to three years or longer after this.

    it will be tough for fans to scream for great sports plays when they are all wearing N95 respirators.
    Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.
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  23. 04-13-20 09:16 AM #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.
    if you love sports, you will change and accept it. or you will leave.

    i used to absolutely love attending baseball, basketball, and football games, back in the late 80's and early 90's. it was a great experience.

    then the commercialism and crowds took over and i simply don't go back.

    others went back.

    if you truly love sports, you will watch the game when there are no fans and you will appreciate the players, coaches, quality of the game with the refs, and the announcing. so you won't get the crowd noise? BFD

    one thing is for sure: sports does not care because they will replace you with another fan.
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  24. 04-13-20 09:16 AM #59
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    I don’t know how the national basketball Association can survive this
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  25. 04-13-20 09:18 AM #60
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    I don’t know how the national basketball Association can survive this
    they will come back in Oct for the 2020-21 season and the TV ratings will be OFF THE CHARTS
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  26. 04-13-20 09:34 AM #61
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    players won't be into it. every nba player has enough money to survive.
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  27. 04-13-20 11:10 AM #62
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    https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/s...41036503896064


    From earlier today. A preview? Yuck.
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  28. 04-13-20 01:00 PM #63
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    Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 😁
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  29. 04-13-20 01:28 PM #64
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    Quote Originally Posted by The General View Post
    Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 😁
    This

    And I will add one more prediction

    Tv ratings will break records
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  30. 04-13-20 01:36 PM #65
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    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.
    Can have the empty stadium play with simulation crowd noise artificially done in the key moments.. That could be done.. Artificial crowd noise with every score or big play for both teams.. Can do that for tv viewers and in the stadium loud speakers..

    The leagues will have to get creative to keep player and fan interest at peak levels...
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  31. 04-13-20 01:45 PM #66
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    Quote Originally Posted by The General View Post
    Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 
    except the clippers are better and will beat them to win the West
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  32. 04-13-20 02:07 PM #67
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    Can have the empty stadium play with simulation crowd noise artificially done in the key moments.. That could be done.. Artificial crowd noise with every score or big play for both teams.. Can do that for tv viewers and in the stadium loud speakers..

    The leagues will have to get creative to keep player and fan interest at peak levels...
    Lol

    Sound so like a NBA sitcom
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  33. 04-13-20 02:24 PM #68
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    nobody cares about NBA. Basketball = Throw a ball into a hoop. Fans = OMG! Heck ya, he just threw that ball into a hoop

    please
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  34. 04-13-20 03:16 PM #69
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Get rid of the NBA period.
    reported
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  35. 04-13-20 03:18 PM #70
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    Anthony Towns surely ready to get back in action. His mother would obviously want him to risk the same fate just to toss a ball around for our pleasure.
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