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NHL suspending play immediately due to virus

104 points by jonbaer 7y ago

vonmoltke 7y ago
Also, the NBA (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-se...) and NCAA Power 5 (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28891602/big-ten-sec-american-cancel-conference-tournaments https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/2889...) have suspended or cancelled play, and MLB is likely to follow shortly (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28892315/sources-mlb-expected-suspend-operations https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28892315/sources-mlb-exp...).
- duxup 7y ago
  Edit: I belive MLB already announced they're stopping. Well I guess they haven't announced it.
- sjm-lbm 7y ago
  Smaller than the other leagues, but MLS has announced they are suspending as well (https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1238128176502628353 https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1238128176502628353)
  - giarc 7y ago
    Even smaller, NLL shutting down. https://www.nll.com/news/nll-statement-on-game-play-march-12-2020/ https://www.nll.com/news/nll-statement-on-game-play-march-12...
- andredz 7y ago
  La Liga, The Champions and some other European soccer leagues have been suspended as well. https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2640915.html https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2640915.html https://www.laliga.com/noticias/laliga-acuerda-la-suspension-de-la-competicion https://www.laliga.com/noticias/laliga-acuerda-la-suspension... https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/highlighted/eredivisie-matches-suspended-until-march-31 https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/highlighted/eredivisie-matches-s...
- bitL 7y ago
  F1 likely as well: https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/51849163 https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/51849163
  - 7177Y 7y ago
    This is still rumours as far as I have seen, no official anouncement from the governing body (FIA) as of yet. It is also very early in the morning in Australia (where F1 is for the race this weekend), however, and an anouncement may come out soon. Free practice will start at 9:00pm EST today, so maybe something will happen before then. McClaren F1 have withdrawn from the GP if it should procede [0], on their own accord. [0] https://www.racefans.net/2020/03/12/mclaren-pulls-out-of-australian-grand-prix/ https://www.racefans.net/2020/03/12/mclaren-pulls-out-of-aus...
ssully 7y ago
The MLB also announced that they are suspending operations: https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cb-coronavirus-sports-cancellations-20200310-426ude4yp5g5rjilr6iksdxlkm-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cb-coronavirus...
throwaway5752 7y ago
The President still hasn't declared a national state of emergency, and this looks increasingly out of touch from reality. It needs to happen yesterday. This would free up FEMA funds to help Seattle and subsequent outbreak sites. He recently called the governor a "snake" so one hopes this is not being done for personal reasons. edit: this article summarizes it better than I was able to https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/covid-19-emergency-declaration-craig-fugate-jared-kushner https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/covid-19-emergency-d...
- jecxjo 7y ago
  Well the President thinks it will go away when it's warm out. He is trying to play to stock market fears and is failing all of the citizens.
  - selectodude 7y ago
    The markets don’t seem to impressed with his response, either. We’re about a day away from every penny of SPY growth since the day he took office being erased.
- ars 7y ago
  Maybe I'm wrong but state of emergency is usually declared by the states, not the President.
  - throwaway5752 7y ago
    Please check out the article I linked to. It goes through the legal background and the federal impact of declaring one.
sdneirf 7y ago
We should just assume everything is cancelled
- C19is20 7y ago
  Come to italy - it is.
  - toxican 7y ago
    No thanks!
herdrick 7y ago
It's great to cancel the in-person fan experience, but it's bad that they're cancelling the games. The more things we have to keep people at home watching TV, the better. In fact I think emergency 'friendly' off-season college football and NFL scrimmages should be organized. (Other off-season sports too.) The increased spread caused by a few healthy young people getting the virus from each other would be more than outweighed by keeping sports fans at home.
- piquadrat 7y ago
  The thinking might be to avoid people watching games in sports bars and similarly crowded places.
  - herdrick 7y ago
    Yeah, it would need to be combined with a (long overdue) closing of all bars.
  - OJFord 7y ago
    Supposedly the plan in the UK (not for the NHL, other sports) is to ban pubs from showing them, but play behind closed doors and dish out 'free' streaming to ticket holders, so they can watch at home even if they don't usually have access. Seems the best overall to me. Combined with testing all players maybe.
  - cooljacob204 7y ago
    Also large chunks of or entire teams might get quarantined if they are all practicing together.
  - sdinsn 7y ago
    And to avoid contact between players.
- fullshark 7y ago
  They all have loved ones that are older or have respiratory conditions I'm sure.
soperj 7y ago
For a sport (that I love) that has a history of doing the wrong thing. I think they've finally been getting it right.
tomashertus 7y ago
Twitch’s & Netflix’s numbers has to be over the roof with all the people “working” from home and all major events being canceled/postponed.
- 7177Y 7y ago
  It would be nice if UberEats stock was seperate from the main ridesharing service. I'd guess that food delivery will skyrocket through "self-isolation", but obviously ridesharing is will plummet. Can you buy ubereats specific derivatives?
  - Dirlewanger 7y ago
    I was going to list off a bunch of alternatives, but I didn't realize that UberEats is second only to Doordash in terms of market share. Never considered UE a big player in the space especially considering how late they were.
    - bigyikes 7y ago
      I recently moved from Texas to the Bay and I was shocked to see how popular Door Dash is. Everybody I knew used Uber Eats!
  - undersuit 7y ago
    You should be shorting Uber for when they get shutdown because they can't control their contractors that get coronavirus.
SubiculumCode 7y ago
I suspect we will see a surge in food delivery business. Most people still don't like to cook.
- C19is20 7y ago
  I'm in the italian lockdown: nobody will cook my food for me (my decision)… and nobody will deliver it (theirs, and the laws'). Additionally, all bars, cafes, restaurants etc are closed.
  - SubiculumCode 7y ago
    I'm just guessing for the U.S., but we could get that bad here.
BooneJS 7y ago
And Major League Baseball. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/mlb-to-suspend-all-operations-spring-training-due-to-coronavirus.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/mlb-to-suspend-all-operation...

104 points by jonbaer 7y ago

Also, the NBA (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-se...) and NCAA Power 5 (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28891602/big-ten-sec-american-cancel-conference-tournaments https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/2889...) have suspended or cancelled play, and MLB is likely to follow shortly (https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28892315/sources-mlb-expected-suspend-operations https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28892315/sources-mlb-exp...).

duxup 7y ago
Edit: I belive MLB already announced they're stopping. Well I guess they haven't announced it.
sjm-lbm 7y ago
Smaller than the other leagues, but MLS has announced they are suspending as well (https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1238128176502628353 https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1238128176502628353)
- giarc 7y ago
  Even smaller, NLL shutting down. https://www.nll.com/news/nll-statement-on-game-play-march-12-2020/ https://www.nll.com/news/nll-statement-on-game-play-march-12...
andredz 7y ago
La Liga, The Champions and some other European soccer leagues have been suspended as well. https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2640915.html https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2640915.html https://www.laliga.com/noticias/laliga-acuerda-la-suspension-de-la-competicion https://www.laliga.com/noticias/laliga-acuerda-la-suspension... https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/highlighted/eredivisie-matches-suspended-until-march-31 https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/highlighted/eredivisie-matches-s...
bitL 7y ago
F1 likely as well: https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/51849163 https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/51849163
- 7177Y 7y ago
  This is still rumours as far as I have seen, no official anouncement from the governing body (FIA) as of yet. It is also very early in the morning in Australia (where F1 is for the race this weekend), however, and an anouncement may come out soon. Free practice will start at 9:00pm EST today, so maybe something will happen before then. McClaren F1 have withdrawn from the GP if it should procede [0], on their own accord. [0] https://www.racefans.net/2020/03/12/mclaren-pulls-out-of-australian-grand-prix/ https://www.racefans.net/2020/03/12/mclaren-pulls-out-of-aus...

ssully 7y ago

The MLB also announced that they are suspending operations: https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cb-coronavirus-sports-cancellations-20200310-426ude4yp5g5rjilr6iksdxlkm-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cb-coronavirus...

throwaway5752 7y ago

The President still hasn't declared a national state of emergency, and this looks increasingly out of touch from reality. It needs to happen yesterday. This would free up FEMA funds to help Seattle and subsequent outbreak sites. He recently called the governor a "snake" so one hopes this is not being done for personal reasons. edit: this article summarizes it better than I was able to https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/covid-19-emergency-declaration-craig-fugate-jared-kushner https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/covid-19-emergency-d...

jecxjo 7y ago
Well the President thinks it will go away when it's warm out. He is trying to play to stock market fears and is failing all of the citizens.
- selectodude 7y ago
  The markets don’t seem to impressed with his response, either. We’re about a day away from every penny of SPY growth since the day he took office being erased.
ars 7y ago
Maybe I'm wrong but state of emergency is usually declared by the states, not the President.
- throwaway5752 7y ago
  Please check out the article I linked to. It goes through the legal background and the federal impact of declaring one.

sdneirf 7y ago

We should just assume everything is cancelled

C19is20 7y ago
Come to italy - it is.
- toxican 7y ago
  No thanks!

herdrick 7y ago

It's great to cancel the in-person fan experience, but it's bad that they're cancelling the games. The more things we have to keep people at home watching TV, the better. In fact I think emergency 'friendly' off-season college football and NFL scrimmages should be organized. (Other off-season sports too.) The increased spread caused by a few healthy young people getting the virus from each other would be more than outweighed by keeping sports fans at home.

piquadrat 7y ago
The thinking might be to avoid people watching games in sports bars and similarly crowded places.
- herdrick 7y ago
  Yeah, it would need to be combined with a (long overdue) closing of all bars.
- OJFord 7y ago
  Supposedly the plan in the UK (not for the NHL, other sports) is to ban pubs from showing them, but play behind closed doors and dish out 'free' streaming to ticket holders, so they can watch at home even if they don't usually have access. Seems the best overall to me. Combined with testing all players maybe.
- cooljacob204 7y ago
  Also large chunks of or entire teams might get quarantined if they are all practicing together.
- sdinsn 7y ago
  And to avoid contact between players.
fullshark 7y ago
They all have loved ones that are older or have respiratory conditions I'm sure.

soperj 7y ago

For a sport (that I love) that has a history of doing the wrong thing. I think they've finally been getting it right.

tomashertus 7y ago

Twitch’s & Netflix’s numbers has to be over the roof with all the people “working” from home and all major events being canceled/postponed.

7177Y 7y ago
It would be nice if UberEats stock was seperate from the main ridesharing service. I'd guess that food delivery will skyrocket through "self-isolation", but obviously ridesharing is will plummet. Can you buy ubereats specific derivatives?
- Dirlewanger 7y ago
  I was going to list off a bunch of alternatives, but I didn't realize that UberEats is second only to Doordash in terms of market share. Never considered UE a big player in the space especially considering how late they were.
  - bigyikes 7y ago
    I recently moved from Texas to the Bay and I was shocked to see how popular Door Dash is. Everybody I knew used Uber Eats!
- undersuit 7y ago
  You should be shorting Uber for when they get shutdown because they can't control their contractors that get coronavirus.

SubiculumCode 7y ago

I suspect we will see a surge in food delivery business. Most people still don't like to cook.

C19is20 7y ago
I'm in the italian lockdown: nobody will cook my food for me (my decision)… and nobody will deliver it (theirs, and the laws'). Additionally, all bars, cafes, restaurants etc are closed.
- SubiculumCode 7y ago
  I'm just guessing for the U.S., but we could get that bad here.

BooneJS 7y ago

And Major League Baseball. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/mlb-to-suspend-all-operations-spring-training-due-to-coronavirus.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/mlb-to-suspend-all-operation...