(08-02-2020, 02:02 PM)JackCity Wrote:

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

You just proved my point. One pitcher opted out because of a preexisting condition. That's not a high percentage, and I'm including all the other baseball players who've opted out. Even if it's infectious, the mortality rate is super low, particularly among young, healthy adults such as athletes. This is not worth shutting down the economy over. There is more collateral damage being done to people's lives overall, and I'm not talking about the lack of sports viewing opportunities. I'm talking suicides, closures of family businesses, domestic violence spiking during quarantines, kids being kept out of school, etc. The "cure" is worse than the virus, as a chorus of reasonable people is saying.

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(08-02-2020, 03:43 PM)navyjagfan Wrote: Between COVID, concussions, and politics, we may very well be seeing the end of the NFL.  I am not renewing my NFL Sunday ticket subscription and I know many others who are "opting out" of paying the ridiculous fees as well.  As more players choose to opt out, it's only a matter of time before the season is over.

The glory days of finagling bar tenders to search for Jags games appear to be over. I cut my cable long ago, but I usually tried to catch the Jags with some wings to comfort me when the games are almost over in the first quarter. 

Boy, the NFL will sure miss me hahah. But I do think I need to stop clicking articles on sports websites full of negative Nancys. Espn needs to die a faster death than the New York Times.

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