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With the exception of MLB, which has a standoff between players and team owners around terms of a potential restart, all major suspended U.S. leagues have either announced, or are about to announce, plans to restart their interrupted seasons.
The total number of major games or events lost from schedules across March through to the start of July currently stands at a staggering 1,108. Should the MLB not come to terms with their players on a truncated season, this number will swell to an even greater degree. The networks will be hoping that the return of sports will yield the same audiences as before the pandemic began. This is of particular importance as the networks will be looking to sports to restore their fortunes, havingThe truth is, it may not be so easy as, ‘build it and they will come.’, with 1.7 million cancelling their service. With the enormous unemployment levels across the nation, this can be expected to continue to exponentially grow in Q2 . VIP’s estimate is that around 3-3.
Another issue that sports networks will have to contend with is the lack of a fan-generated atmosphere. Per, the majority of sports fans are in favor of sports returning without spectators, and intend to watch. The truth may be different, if WWE’s petri dish experiment of continuing without fans is anything to go by.
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