(08-02-2020, 01:23 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote:

(08-01-2020, 10:35 PM)JackCity Wrote: you're confusing public safety with rooting for a virus

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Baseball is close to being cancelled if another out break or two happens. 

College football season most likely is not going to happen for multiple if not all conferences 

The NFL is probably not going to last past a few weeks at most. 

You are A) misplacing the impact of a media member being skeptical they can happen safely and B) that they want the seasons cancelled for political reasons, when in reality it's mostly a player safety argument with how poor some of the sports have prepared for it (NFL, college football)

The public safety argument is comical and not very applicable. These aren’t geriatric athletes who bunk in a nursing home. The mortality rate is very low for people under 50 without preexisting conditions. Like Belichik (sp) said, every player’s personal situation is different. As a relative percentage, very few players are opting out because of a bad flu.

People can make their own choices about going out in public, just as people make choices about driving their cars every day (greater chance of dying or being seriously hurt). But don’t rain on everyone else’s parade just because you’re more risk averse than most Americans. Just eat your stale popcorn and watch your 24/7 pandemic newsfeed in the comfort of your own monastery, mmmkay?

It's actually very applicable because the flu isn't as Infectious and doesn't have potentially have long term effects as bad as covid has, which is why athletes are opting out of playing. There's a pitcher who isn't playing right now from a heart issue he developed from covid. 

I'm not raining on any parade, just telling you what's happening and what's likely to happen. But it is very telling you would take it personally and get triggered over it.

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