slider Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 The news has been filled lately with talk about Baseball, Basketball and Football eventually playing under amended "Covid Rules" for the season. Players are making public remarks indicating their fears about getting back on the field. There was a story in the news that the NFL is seriously investigating using some type of N95 masking either as an addition to the face mask or as the face mask itself. Logistical nightmares for the teams involving training and travel not to mention the problems incurred when any person from an organization, much less a player tests positive and how to deal with that. No fans in the stands? The questions are endless and the answers are not available at this time. As fans we miss our sports and we want to see them back but at what cost to the integrity of the game? Any season played under these conditions and with the special rule changes/playoff formats being discussed would forever be marked as an 'asterisk' season. Some would say that it's not much different than a strike shortened season or a 'replacement' season but is it worth the impact on the integrity of the game and knowing the sensitivities of the current NFL executives to the slightest social pressures, what are the chances that the season would just be cancelled mid year due to a rash of positives. I'm an adamant advocate for both sides of this argument at this time but the column listing the reasons I believe the season should be played selfishly has one item. I want my MLB and NFL back. Golf, NBA and NHL also. If the NFL season is to be played, I think Covid19 must be treated like any other injury or illness. The league must be willing to withstand the pressure that will inevitably be exerted against them and just play on. What are the chances of that with a corporate liability lawyer in charge in NY? As a positive note, any season in which the Falcons would capture their first Lombardi trophy would probably occur during some type of 'asterisk' season allowing the national media to write it off as a fluke. COULD BE OUR YEAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ians0280 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Its not an asterisk season if all teams have the same rules or no unfair advantage.just my opinion. Captain Falcon, Lowndesfalc, papachaz and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 If every team has to abide by and compete under the same rules and regulations, then I don't really see it as an asterisk season outside of it just being an altered one due to an extremely unusual time in the world. PokerSteve, Tribal Chief and Charles Wright 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Let Tom Brady or Drew Brees test positive and we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Falcons could be 12-0, on their way to an historic season and Brady gets Covid and it all goes down the drain. ATLSlobberKnockers and Sponge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Just now, slider said: Falcons could be 12-0, on their way to an historic season and Brady gets Covid and it all goes down the drain. With Brady's luck, his TB12 team might have secretly developed an Avocado shot. The Daywalker, PokerSteve and slider 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_truth189 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 21 minutes ago, slider said: Let Tom Brady or Drew Brees test positive and we'll see what happens. Realistically speaking, these are the only 2 QBs in history to have an Asterisk next to their championships. One for taping other teams' practices, and the other for paying out for injuries. There's also the fact that Trent Dilfer is possibly the worst QB to win a ring as he got carried by the most amazing Defense of my lifetime, but that's irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayOzOne Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Ians0280 said: Its not an asterisk season if all teams have the same rules or no unfair advantage.just my opinion. What you said. Unless they play less than 16 games, no asterisk should apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, JayOzOne said: What you said. Unless they play less than 16 games, no asterisk should apply. But even if they do play less than 16 games it's fair game as long as every team has to follow and adjust to the same rules and regulations. ATLSlobberKnockers and papachaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Joe™ Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 It's different if the entire season is played under the same rules. Here in the UK, for example, the Premier League aims to restart the current season with God's amount of bollocks that destroys the game's integrity; that's asterisk worthy. slider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wartownfalcon Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 THIS. IS. STUPUD!!!! I’m so sick and tired of the BS. Been in Panama City all week, everyone is enjoying their life. Living it like they should. Athletes are no different. The masks and gloves are the new tinfoil hat RING OF HONOR and ATLSlobberKnockers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, wartownfalcon said: THIS. IS. STUPUD!!!! I’m so sick and tired of the BS. Been in Panama City all week, everyone is enjoying their life. Living it like they should. Athletes are no different. The masks and gloves are the new tinfoil hat not that I disagree with you at all, but this is gonna be good PokerSteve, Cole World, Vandy and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, wartownfalcon said: THIS. IS. STUPUD!!!! I’m so sick and tired of the BS. Been in Panama City all week, everyone is enjoying their life. Living it like they should. Athletes are no different. The masks and gloves are the new tinfoil hat I agree that they should play the season as usual and let people look after their own safety. Novel concept in today's society, you know the risk and you know your risk factors, now act accordingly. Chances of this attitude prevailing..........😝. Every season you see people go down due to 'flulike symptoms'. You think they can treat this like they've done that in the past? NO way my friend, this season, being smack dab in the middle of Regular Flu/Chicom Flu season has almost no chance of being completed under the current conditions and attitudes. I realize they should continue to act as if the season will go on as usual because anything can happen before the point of no return but I'm not confident they'll even attempt it and if they do, it probably won't go well. Just my opinion. Goodell is just too sensitive to social pressure to overlook the people that will say he's killing people when the inevitable outbreak occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Ians0280 said: Its not an asterisk season if all teams have the same rules or no unfair advantage.just my opinion. How about the Cali teams or the Lions or Seahawks or name any number of teams whose Governors/Mayors won't let them train or play there? How do you offset that inequity? Make them play all games away? Neutral sites? Everybody plays in the same site? How about when players start saying they don't want to play during a Covid outbreak or like baseball they want more money or a different pay system. I just see too many obstacles to overcome and I see the league coming to that realization some time around July 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithful Falcon Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, slider said: Let Tom Brady or Drew Brees test positive and we'll see what happens. Brady has a career full of *. Brees has an * Ring. Let's get it. PokerSteve and Lowndesfalc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbyr Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Ians0280 said: Its not an asterisk season if all teams have the same rules or no unfair advantage.just my opinion. All teams won't have the same rules if all states aren't in the same situation with the same restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 4:04 PM, slider said: Let Tom Brady or Drew Brees test positive and we'll see what happens. There's no end to Covid-19 in sight. So the sports world is supposed to just stay shut down until there are no active cases of covid 19? Until there's zero fatalities happening? You're talking about a lot longer than this season if so. The owners can probably take a two- or three-year break and not suffer financially, but I don't think most of the players are at quite that same comfort level cash-wise. At some point players will have to accept the same risk of infection millions of regular American workers have had no choice but to accept since this pandemic began and go do their jobs. As far as fan attendance, why would the league not allow fans to come to the stadium if they accept the risk and waive any right to sue if they went to a game and came down with covid-19. I know many thousands of fans would take the risk. Tim Mazetti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLskinjob Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 In before this thread gets locked for people denying the existence of Covid. That being said, as a fan of team with a terrible home field advantage I'm interested to see what it's like for a bunch of these teams like the Saints and the Seahawks that have an undeniable edge in home games to not get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 No one is "denying the existence" of covid. That's ridiculous. But the fact is, if you catch it, you have a 98.6% chance of full recovery within two weeks. I'm living my life, wearing mask when away from home, washing my hands, and distancing. But I guess that won't be good enough until I also starve to death. Tim Mazetti, PokerSteve, Boise Falcon Fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mazetti Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 One can't get enough O2 in a N95 mask while doing any thing physical without taking it off every so often. It is a mind number as in numb. These cloth masks are akin to installing chain-link fence to keep out mosquitos. This is a regular seasonal flu, dammit. PokerSteve, wartownfalcon and Lowndesfalc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mazetti Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, octoslash said: No one is "denying the existence" of covid. That's ridiculous. But the fact is, if you catch it, you have a 98.6% chance of full recovery within two weeks. I'm living my life, wearing mask when away from home, washing my hands, and distancing. But I guess that won't be good enough until I also starve to death. Ah, you see it. PokerSteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, PokerSteve said: There's no end to Covid-19 in sight. So the sports world is supposed to just stay shut down until there are no active cases of covid 19? Until there's zero fatalities happening? You're talking about a lot longer than this season if so. The owners can probably take a two- or three-year break and not suffer financially, but I don't think most of the players are at quite that same comfort level cash-wise. At some point players will have to accept the same risk of infection millions of regular American workers have had no choice but to accept since this pandemic began and go do their jobs. As far as fan attendance, why would the league not allow fans to come to the stadium if they accept the risk and waive any right to sue MLB if they went to a game and came down with covid-19. I know many thousands of fans would take the risk. Don't get me wrong. I agree with all that but do you really think that's what will happen? If they really jump through the hoops required to play this season and there are no inequities between teams and no problems with players suing or fans suing.....etc. it will be the most incredible thing to occur since the moon landing. Again I'm not saying this should be the way it happens, I'm just looking at how Goodell operates and I just can't see it all coming together at this point. I'm a guy that thinks they shouldn't have interfered with the integrity of the sport due to concussions but they were so concerned about liability over what the league knew about concussions. Look at what they know about Covid, don't you think the lawyer in Goodell will take that into account? The owners will pressure because of the money lost and they might win the day but I don't see all teams having an equal situation. PokerSteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mazetti Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 58 minutes ago, slider said: How about when players start saying they don't want to play during a Covid outbreak What outbreak compared to the usual seasonal flu? PokerSteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mazetti Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, papachaz said: not that I disagree with you at all, but this is gonna be good Set-up to be knocked down....Ain't skeert. PokerSteve and papachaz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tl;dr Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Lol no asterisk. Stop Baseball isn’t playing right now because of greed PokerSteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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