Unpopular opinion. Just cancel all pro sports until a vaccine hits

[PanthersNC1984]

Is it even worth it at this point? The current Covid required protocols are impossible to maintain, I keep reading all these proposals to restart MLB and NBA and my god, they are so ridiculous it’s like why even bother? A vaccine is right around the corner, at worst we will have a vaccine by Valentine’s Day 2021 (which honestly isn’t long at all) and now there are even talks of a vaccine possibly by November. Just wait it out. Forget all this non sense and rules and restrictions. I don’t want to watch the NFL be weakened and a shell of its former self. I want it with the bright lights, the raucous fans in attendance, I don’t want distracted players. 
 

‘What happens if half of a NFL team gets Covid? How do you even work around something like that Then I hear these ridiculous NBA proposals about playing in a bubble in Disney land, just hang it all up. Shut down all pro sports until the vaccine hits in several months, it will be here before you know it

[4Corners]

Where in the hell did you get the “vaccine is right around the corner” information? 
 

it’s pretty obvious the people currently in charge of the country have thrown in the towel. At this point I’d be surprised if there are sports the rest of the year and maybe further. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Team sports are gonna be a problem. Honestly, I doubt they happen. Individual sports like golf, tennis, boxing, MMA, etc. will likely be able to continue without fans. There's just less people coming into contact with one another creating an easier to manage environment.

[Peon Awesome]

That's all fine and good if you think a highly regulated and spectator-less season is worse than no season at all. I would say most people probably disagree with that. Best case scenario, maybe we get a vaccine sometime around the beginning of the next year. Then we have to mass produce, distribute and administer it. Then hope that the efficacy is good enough to minimize infectivity, which is essentially unheard of for respiratory viruses given genetic shifting. Instead, it will probably reduce severity of symptoms but still put people at risk who are immunocompromised or have multiple comorbidities. You need to put aside the idea that in 5 months, everything can return completely to normal.

I applaud the efforts by sports leagues, particularly the NBA, for creatively devising protocols to play. It seems well thought out and backed by input from scientific experts. Its not going to be perfect and there will probably be hiccups but that's inevitable no matter what plan they come up with. Frequent testing with isolation in a "bubble-like" environment seems to be the most plausible route for a return to sports anytime before next summer. I'm willing to see how it shakes out and hoping for the best.

[Call Me James]

If it's unpopular it's because it's a rational thought. 

[RASTAN66]

Players gonna play...

...stay home if you don't want to play.

(Biden supporters cower in the basement)

[onmyown]

A vaccine is not around the corner. No one in their right mind would willingly get a vaccine that comes out in less than a year.

But I agree somewhat, sports will be cancelled. Who knows when they’ll come back.

[countryboi]

they literally cant its too much money to be lost. the nba alone stands to lose 2b dollars and would have to renegotiate their CBA. they are going to have to play and the only real way to play is the players would have to be quarantining the players for 2 weeks then isolating them for the season. any sick player in the league would risk shutting the whole league down. its not about just blindly going to play because doing so puts the whole league at risk. 

[NCBlu]

I'm sorry to anyone that gets sick but you can't just hide from the world till this blows over because who knows when that will be? I have been working this whole time in close contact with groups of ppl and yes 2 ppl we know of got sick but not a mass out break because we are all made to wear masks and safety glasses. With all the money the NFL makes I'm sure they can come up with a sports mask that you can run and play in. It may be a little hot but I'm sure loosing money to not play is off the table for some players also.

Even the flu vaccine is only 50% effective and how long has that been out?

[Carolina Cajun]

So optimistic, sad truth is the vaccines in trial may not actually work.  40 years of aids and still no vaccine.  truth is, this may be with us to stay and worse yet, if the fact the antibodies wear off and you can get sick a second time is true, this may be part of our lives for a LOOOOOOONG time.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

9 hours ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

A vaccine is right around the corner, at worst we will have a vaccine by Valentine’s Day 2021

Awesome I can finally lose my virginity

[t96]

Fact is this really has very minimal effect on the large majority of people. Those who are in the high risk group need to be extra careful and those around them need to be extra careful but most people should be able to go about living their lives. If they get it, they get it. And then very very likely get over it with no issues and then are good to go. As this happens in larger numbers, herd immunity will develop and this thing will just fizzle out. Sports need to happen, and they will.

[Wyank]

I'm not even worried about pro sports.  If they play, they play.  I'm more worried about high school sports. Last year seniors lost their championships in winter and spring sports.  This year's seniors will have to deal with it as well.  They're going to make an attempt at it but matches/games will be canceled as soon as one person in a school building test positive and the district goes into quarantine with remote learning. Any event canceled or rescheduled but the events will pile up when everyone district has to do the same thing. These are kids who maybe they're only opportunity to play organized sports are during high school.

[toldozer]

2 hours ago, t96 said:

Fact is this really has very minimal effect on the large majority of people. Those who are in the high risk group need to be extra careful and those around them need to be extra careful but most people should be able to go about living their lives. If they get it, they get it. And then very very likely get over it with no issues and then are good to go. As this happens in larger numbers, herd immunity will develop and this thing will just fizzle out. Sports need to happen, and they will.

In my opinion this is why nothing should have ever shut down. People die, is that heartless, maybe but it's true. Obviously if you have any medical issues you should be extra careful and people should be careful around you.  But now if some new illness comes out in 6 months what do we do? Or if the second wave of covid is worse than the first do we shut the country down for 6 months? The precedent that has been set is not sustainable long term any time something  comes up. Point is precautions could have been taken to keep the vulnerable safe without tanking the economy.