Sports leagues have done something that the federal government seems incapable or unwilling to do: They have gotten back to something vaguely resembling normal. williamfleitch writes
No fans, no virus, no problem. Photo: David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images On Monday, after two final, heavily delayed weeks of the regular-season, the NBA Playoffs began.
Zero positive tests, during a time when the virus has been exploding across the country, is an achievement that shouldn’t be understated. The NBA has really pulled this off. And it’s not alone. The NHL has seen zero positive tests since its season started in late July as well — though, to be fair, the league is playing in Canada, which is perhaps an easier place to make this happen right now than Florida, or America. And for all the talk about Major League Baseball’s troubles with the St.
1. Leagues were patient. After Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive on March 11, NBA commissioner Adam Silver immediately shut down the league for a minimum of 30 days, and made no moves to rush back once those 30 days were up. It would be nearly three months until the league finalized its return-to-play plan, choosing Orlando and its Disney World bubble as the path forward.
3. They worked with local municipalities to create safe spaces. Both the NBA and the NHL were seriously considering having their bubbles in Las Vegas, until this now-infamous interview the city’s mayor gave to CNN’s Anderson Cooper:
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