HawkGold
Well-Known Member
Well I guess I will say that MLB is not important hardly at all in any respect at this time. You made a bunch of posts about how MLB could design their rosters and schedules to get the most out of their season. Yeah that is maybe something to talk about when the time comes that people can get out and congregate.
About the only thing important with sports right now is that with them being stopped a lot of working people are out of jobs and they probably do not make a ton of money anyway working concessions parking etc. So who cares if baseball players make money like movie stars. The other thing is that sports does give people an outlet especially in these types of times.
I would have no problem with the sports leagues playing their games in empty arenas but having them televised so that some of the people like support staff, camera people, some reporters etc could keep getting a paycheck. Anyone involved would have to sign a waiver covering they give up rights to sue for getting sick. The psychological positives from being couped up inside but having some live sports to watch could actually help a lot of people's mood.
What about assigning seats that are 10 feet apart and having a limited live audience. And then you would need the Seat Police in attendance to tell people to stay away from each other which would be more paychecks.
Players will still have contact.