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Some of the sports leagues that got canceled due to the pandemic already finished with their respective resumes with some still on-going and lots of future events will take place under the new normal setup.

We have seen how these leagues put big efforts to somehow bring the sports back while people don't need to go outside to watch. They also think of a way on how to help players feel that the intense and excitement is still there performing in front of the fans.

Even with low ratings and small revenue (as expected), I consider this new normal setup as a success. It's not that easy to set up an own bubble amid the dangerous pandemic.

Kudos to their effort.

We are still not out of the woods because there's no commercial vaccine yet.
So whether the new normal game set-up will be success or a failure, just be grateful that we can watch them live again.
I know this is hard for those die-hard fans who are going to the stadium or arena just to support their favourites.
But it is better to safeguard everyone from potential infection and of course save lives with this decision.
In time, we will enjoy the game again as what we had before.

While the world still faced the health crisis, we should comply the safety measure of our health protocols provided by the authority. Gladly, online and live betting this new normal is there to satisfy every person who loved to watch their favorite games online as well as gambling. The potential infection was lessened, by means of less crowd and possible contact was prevented.

Well, they have to adjust on it both staffs and players and continue what they've started because if haven't get it done they're the one losing at all, low revenue or not it's still a revenue. Well, I also think this was a success and hoping the next year this will not be the same setup. I think fans are all grateful that the games have continue even though we are just at home watching.

Hoping slowly the next months or the upcoming year will not be the same setup and we could see fans on those bleachers, we are all excited that it may come. Hoping.

I would say it's a success as somehow it has given us an entertainment.

Watching the NBA Bubble, I still feel the entertainment even without the fans, and I sure the whole world feel the same, so it's a success.
My fear is only if pandemic will stay for years, I don't know if we can still see some sporting events like when they aren't making enough money for them, like the NBA for example, they spend a lot and yet they don't generate enough since there's no crowd, so this is not going to be a success in the long term, we really need the vaccine badly to get things back to normal state.

Instead of cancelling the season, they push it through and most of them successfully finished the season and that is a great success for them.

They proved that they are not just playing for the money from the viewers and instead, they give hope and joy to all the supporters of that league and that is what matters right now. The new normal set-up will last until we finally beat Covid-19, i hope early next year so we can have an amazing season of sports league.

Before the implementation of that new normal setup, there are lots of people voicing out not to continue the majority of the games due to the quick spread of the virus. But other leagues continue and make sure things will not get worst. And guess what, these people who are against the resume of some sports league are now silent as they have seen the progress was good.

Entertainment is a must as no doubt, there are people who become overreacted and worried too much that the virus is just a few inches away from them. The effect of a long lockdown isn't that good in terms of mental health.

It's a matter of a safe test and runs. Even with the pandemic, the world will not just completely shutdown. So I should say, the new normal setup on sports are a success.


NBA is backed by a big team organization and lots of partnerships. They surely have the budget to run at least several seasons more not unless we have to deal with the virus for a decade which I don't think it will happen. The virtual audience is always full in attendance. They might opened up more slots next season. Not that much in revenue but at least it's a good progress to show that there are still lots of fans that wants to watch live.

There are cost-cutting already made during the lockdown and players also accept the salary deduction. And since all operations and activities are inside the bubble, it's way cheaper compare to their usual operation.

Every action and alternatives that they did for the games to commence is truly commendable and can be said of success. 2021, we see more games coming back to normal, not new anymore. The situation will be stabilized, vaccines that are proven to be working will be distributed in every part of the world and sports fans will have our own time to get back in stadiums, watch live games and even play again with our peers physically.

I watched the recent championship game of NBA and it was amazing to see how the players can still play despite of a big change on the court and knowing that your favorite player won an amazing title again, this is a great success during the pandemic season. We have to embrace it, we should not give up just because the odds is against us sports is where we find the best excitement plus you can win some if you place your bet.

Yes I agree and I congratulate these sports organizations for the success of their seasons and matches special mention is the NBA, the MMA and the boxing events they have put their best effort to give us excitement in the comfort of our homes, we have seen upsets spectacular wins, the enthusiast and the excitement of the team and individuals are still high.

But the one fight that we all wish to push through is the third match of  Wilder Fury, it will not happen anymore this year since Wilder is in therapy, and Fury is looking for a new match.   

Everything seems good enough. It is hard to strike a balance when the pandemic is still at its peak. But kudos to the league organizers, team owners, players, and everyone else for finding a way to stage great games which somehow alleviate the harrowing condition of the times.

Borrowing Gabriel Garcia Marquez's famous book, Love in the Time of Cholera, I guess we are in this particular phase in which we experience sports in the time of COVID-19.

And thanks to it, sports betting continues. ;)

This new normal set up for such gaming entertainments are temporary. I am super sure that everything will be back at the normal set up before the pandemic came. But that time, I hope we all get lesson from what happened. It is not good to have another one soon or even in the future. We should do what we can do to prevent these kind to devastate our world again. In my honest opinion, all staffs and players did what they can to set up the bubbles just to give entertainment and this is also another opportunity for gamblers to continue playing. Great effort for them, I believe this is a success for them, congratulations for successfully setting those leagues!

As long as the games were finished, people had fun watching them, winners and losers were produced, and every player played to their best and everyone acknowledged that you can pretty much assume that it's a success. Yes, this new setup significantly decreases a lot of things, from profits, to possibly motivation, but considering all of those? You can play this as a huge success. And imagine once everything is over, the pandemic is gone, the vaccine is done, the number of people who would enjoy games in studios would spike up, a lot of people would join in in the nostalgia and possibly boost their profits in tournaments to incomparable heights than before.

Well, as long as everyone had fun tbh, that's considered as a success in my book.

It is still a long way to success in my opinion. If audiences can't see the game first hand then they have more ways to go. The measures should be able to accomodate the audiences live by atleast 75% so that they can get a profit. I won't call it a total success but a milestone.

Yeah! Indeed the new setup to resume each leagues are awesome like what we have seen in the NBA bubbles where they successfully managed to resumed and end the game with no problems. I don't know with the other sports like boxing cause most of the scheduled fight has cancelled or moved to another date due to the pandemic. Anyway, we hope to see another successful season end with the other sports so that they can prepare for the normal season next year.

The show must go on. After months postponed or suspended due to the Covid pandemic, sports events have resumed and gradually returning to the schedule but in its activities also considers the risks associated with the spread of the coronavirus.

Hopefully, all the things would settle down and this returning sports event won't increase the spread of the coronavirus and everyone who involved in it will follow the protocols and do preventive measures to reduce the chances of spreading coronavirus.

Sports do becoming spotlight nowadays especially in betting because there are no other things that could be done during the lockdown. The people nowadays in the lockdown period had sought to find some ways to get out of getting bored so sports and other betting or gambling activities will going get good demand from them.

Now, that pandemic still going on lockdown or community quarantine enhancement are being raised toward every community especially in those areas with high number of cases with covid19.

success is not all about profit or how much will they earn when they resume on a hard situation  .

success means that the game can be resumed and it can be finished with less people get harmed by the virus . there are audience that can be able to see the match in real time , they can do that by watching online or via the internet and by going to the actual place .

if all cant enter on the venue they can watch via stream .

Yeah, it is a success to be honest. Instead of canceling it for Covid, they took steps to bring back the leagues on. Even though, all those setups (virtual crowd) might seem a bit odd at first, but at least the games are back. The only difference is that all people are now watching the game live instead of being in the game. It is not like everyone goes to watch the game. The average audience watching the NBA game live was almost the same (around 3 million). Then there is this virtual live audience thing for hardcore fans where they are virtually present in the game as a crowd and can cheer for their team.
The revenue dropped, but the ratings are the same as far as I know.

Of course, sports event organizers need to find a good way to continue leagues even with the new set-up. It's hard actually, but everyone needs to understand that there are more limitations now because of the pandemic. And yes, it's not the same as before but it's good already to see that they are also trying their best just to resume games to give fans what they want. As long as leagues were able to finish the game safely, it's already considered a success regardless of the new changes and for me, that's what matters.

It is better than nothing, I am happy that some sports like basketball and UFC were able to resume with some adjustments. They need to find an alternative way to resume, I honestly think that NBA was successful, even people cannot watch it live on the court and there are only virtual audiences and it is only shown on TV they still received a lot of support from avid basketball fans.

There are still so many restrictions for every sport set up, we should still be careful to the pandemic because it has a big possibility to spread if the game will not be properly organized and without proper preparations. The sports event should always prioritize the safety of their players and fans, that is why they should still implement a strong social distancing for every seat of the audience, they should also provide a disinfectant area for every audience. Things will be good if we will prioritize the safety of our audience and at the same time giving them good entertainment.

Yup! Whether it's boxing, MMA, football, basketball etc, I'm very glad because the sports industry is slowly backing on its track once again. I'm so thankful especially to NBA bubble's success because the basketball organization of our country got inspired to it and continue their games as well :).
I would agree on the part where they got low revenue compared before but when it comes to ratings I think the opposite is happening. Why? Because lot of sport fans are hungry to watch thus became more excited and interested to watch the long awaited games. Perfect proof is the huge number of views on their live streamings and other videos.

It's like nothing really happens and nothing is missing but the live crowd, the enthusiasm are still there, but you wished that you were there on all those actions, but players very well know that fans are rooting and cheering for them and that make them play great even without the crowd
everybody are praying that things will be back to normal so all missed seeing a live matches.

They adjusted into the new normal and that is what makes this new game setup for different sports a successful.
Revenue doesn't matter right now since its understandable that we are in a pandemic still and that would be better than just to cancel the whole season.

I'm quite happy still that I've watched the sport I love to watch and that is basketball. This is a success for the sports industry for sure :).

Well, the stadiums(open ones esp) and fields seem to be some of the few places I have heard about where "customers" aren't allowed to come in even with the social distancing and other safety measures obeyed. I think safety rules should be followed and the safety measure of policy makers shouldn't be inconsistent and unnecessarily extreme. This is to avoid putting people who are following the extreme measures that are not necessary in serious danger. Qualify people should make the rules and we should be guided by them or stick to them.
The pandemic rules seem not be consistent unfortunately. They give this rule and do something else.

100% they have given their best effort even if the situation is very much different from what they always see and feel, the fans who are watching at homes are the one who thinks that the games is more like an exhibition match but when the game started the intensity is this still there, these players and these competitors are professional and the organization where they belong must be so proud that they have given these matches to another level.

Kudos to the NBA bubble for the successful continuations of the 2020 season and post season without recording a single positive case with corona all throughout their stay in Orlando. Though there are a handful of protocol breakers but still it ended with a successful outcome.
It's just sad that the NBA finals has the lowest TV rating of all time which exceeded their expectations in a negative way.
Nonetheless, that doesn't matter for sports bettors like us anyway.
The premier basketball league in my country has just started their own bubble as well and I wish them goodluck and a successful run.

actually there is more changes like what you said,the crown is missed by the players and the momentum feeling when they are on your side.
But of course this is not permanent and will change back again sooner because the vaccine is near to come.
Players are feeling different now and we can see that in the games that happening now,their performance really changed and their also the home court
 advantage is gone for now.

Even though I was disappointed that I couldn't watch my favorite team live at the stadium, because until now the spread of the corona virus is
still happening. But I'm quite happy that some of the sports matches have started and I can watch them again, even if only watching on television.
In my opinion, the new normal game setup is still failing, because the spread of the corona virus is still happening. An evaluation must be carried
out again to look for deficiencies of the new normal game setup why the spread of the corona virus can still occur.

We can't force the organizers to allow people in the stadium, the best option now is just to watch online and somehow that already give an entertainment. These players playing to give us entertainment are also sacrificing themselves, they are away from their family and they are playing without the feel of the fans like they usually enjoy before the pandemic, and also, if this pandemic could go worst, their future could be at risk also as any league can't sustain due to fact that expenses will consume all their savings.

Even though it is not the same as before, I think it is a success. In fact, it is already considered success for them to have made the games come back even if COVID-19 is still very active and spreading.

The setup of course will never be the same because they cannot take the risk of accepting live audience, but somehow they managed to offer the people their favorite sports in the midst of the virus transmission, although only in the familiar comfort of their homes and not in gymnasiums, courts, ring, arena, octagon, etc.

We have no other option therefore we can consider that this new set up is already a success even if we are experiencing a little bit of
difficulty to this setup as we didn't experience it before and it is our first time.

The best example to it is the NBA, they were able to end the season successfully even if they have to play without a single fans and they are
force to create their own bubble just to finish the season.

The bubble setup has a lot of flaws in it, though most sporting organizations already made sure that their events wouldn't be a ground zero for viral transmission and so far there isn't any serious cases of infection anywhere. The sporting organizations are following most of the health safety protocols and guidelines and that's great if they want to continuously deliver entertainment to their fans who are still within quarantines on most parts of the world. I can say that the new normal setup for sporting events is a success, since they delivered outstanding content to us fans while keeping everyone inside those bubbles safe and healthy. Profits may not be pretty but you still see their dedication and heart into it, and that's a plus for us.

New normal seems to be different but still worth it since the players work hard for this season and it will be hard for them if the whole season was cancelled and fortunately some of the sports events are pushing it through.

The success of the league will not just depend on how much they have collected but also with the way they adopt the new normal. Many players might feel a little bit disappointed but we have to praise them by keeping their composure.

Psychologically, I think they can also feel how terrible this pandemic is sweeping the whole world. Many victim fell and the transmission rate continued to increase at that time. Some player also refuse to play for fear of contracting the deadly virus. But fortunately everything has been minimized in the right way and this sport can be continued with a new normal idea.
Business was on hold due to the pandemic, but league organizers are optimistic enough to resume with the new normal and are considered quite successful now even though some players have been affected. I just hope all these players can entertain the fans as they should and that they are calm enough and look after themselves while the pandemic is still around.

But sorry for those players that still not playing because of being infected of the Virus Covid19.
There are almost half of football team that under quarantine because of being asymptomatic so this is a loss from their team.
adjustment is still in process because this is the very first time that the generation of us and experienced this kind of burden so the process will take long but at least will not last forever.

In my opinion, a complete stop of games is unacceptable, because for many athletes games are the only way to support themselves and their families.

The main funds for sports events financing come from advertisers. So, we continue to watch games broadcasts and cheer for our favorite teams online.

But to this you said, a dead man or woman does not play football or other sports. Someone dead don't watch either. So it is better that they stopped the games to safe more lives. The games have started again and live has continued, people would have died more if the games were not stopped because of contact.

So far some of the sports organization I'm following are doing great, Basketball and boxing two of my favorite sports are doing great in coming up with great matches and fights and fans are loving it, of course, if something is going wrong the organizations should look into it, but so far they are following protocols and they are making sure that no contamination is happening.

It can be said that it worked, because only with them being able to continue the match I think it worked enough to apply new rules to every match in this new normal era. At least from the initial step by checking everyone who will be involved in the field, it is also a success and if the organizers continue to innovate to add other things such as virtual audiences or other things, of course it is an increase in taking advantage of technological developments, so it can be said that was more than enough or successful.

Yes we could consider it as success like the NBA which successfully finished the playoffs and the leagues in the football matches are successful as of now and I think some tennis games and baseball games also.

It looked like the little time stop for the games because of the covid-19 didn't cause any obvious negative change for now. Most football leagues still followed up and managed to finish the leagues and started new session now. Also the champions league had to manage up .

It's actually historical for coming up with an exciting games it's like there is no CoVid players are coming up with their best plays and condition, Miami Heat gave Lakers a run for their money when Miami won two games in a row it made me think that there could be a big upset in the making but Lakers eventually win, and they deserves it.

Maybe it would be better for athletes who participate in collective disciplines to take the simplest COVID-19 test every three days than to give up contact sports?

What if COVID-19 doesn't go away? Will the whole world completely forget about sports?

Whereby it must be said that the teams and leagues, which did not want to finish the championships because of Corona, were threatened with heavy penalties.
As far as I know, Belgium and the Netherlands, for example, ended their championships early:


In the end, UEFA withdrew their statement that champions who had been crowned prematurely could be excluded from all competitions, but at that time it was already foreseeable that the Corona situation in Europe would ease up again. I think this was in late April/early May.

The corona situation in Europe is now much more tense than at the peak of the first wave. Germany, Italy and also France are reaching new highs in the number of infected persons and even smaller countries like Austria and Switzerland have very high numbers. I am curious to see how UEFA will react to this and whether the Champions League, for example, will be launched at all. Now that the first countries are at least partially shutting down, there is no reason to think about cross-national soccer.

Of course this has direct effects on us sports better, without sports events there will be no bets. But my wallet will certainly be happy about that ...

It all depends on the way we view it. A lot of price is being paid just to keep this up. I'm sure the aim of this sacrifice isn't out of place. A therapist would always advice an addictive smoker with a particular need to stop smoking ahbit to start by halving the number of sticks he consumes in a day and continue reducing it until the smoker is in control of his/her smoking habit. So also do my high school teacher do tell me, 'live your books for a day and it would live you for a week'.

These are just instances as to what the pandemic is trying to do to football fans amongst other sports. As this will in turn reduce fans participation even when all about the pandemic is resolved. It is a hard price that is being paid by both fans and players. Fans not to be in the arena, players to play without the admiration of their fans and organizers continue to loose huge funds at every game play. So much to keep up the game spirit.

Its the new normal now that we can now just enjoy watching sports while players are eager to have a live audience  ;D

I'm not sure if the Fight Island was already in the plan before pandemic but somehow it was quickly created for the UFC sports we enjoy.  It does have a bright side especially for cryptocurrency users like us.

The new normal setup is truly a success because sports bettors and sports team fans had been excited and entertained that they have finally watched their favorite team and sport play again, even we are in the middle of the pandemic. So this new normal thing might continue not only in sports events maybe in public casino that they would be able to reopen again only with limited players could enter and play.

Looking at the sports betting website right now I've seen that there's a lot of open leagues and sports it's like the usual fights we've seen in the old normal. By looking at these fights we can say that they are already successful.

I am not so sure I agree with your opinion there have been low ratings, people love sports and for the most part many love to be in the stadium cheering for their favourite teams and since they cannot do that they are watching them on their TVs, if anything I think many sports are probably reporting record audiences as people are still desperate to get some kind of entertainment and being able to take off their minds of the difficult reality we are living through, however I agree that there are less profits to be had especially for those organizations that are not as popular and that depended heavily on the attendance of people to the stadiums to sustain their business model.

They really needed to cancelled athe sports events for the safety of the people because there is still a lot of people having virus and not safe for us to go to the sports events. Everything will back to normal all just need is the cooperation of everyone so the pandemic will end.audience is always important when they have spors events but because of what happened today they just need a nee set up or cancelled it

Its better rather than have nothing at all and there no doubt that it did really succeeded. ex. NBA. In spite of the current situation we are in,they do still able to finish the season and did really make out
for it to be done.Yeah it might be different but at least you can really see the effort has been made which you can really appreciate.If it was a failure then they wont really able to make it that far.
Kudos in deed to the entire association or management where they do still proceed out and make their best to continue even it is really that hard and does really change up when it comes to
revenue.Hopefully that all of these things would be over so that we can already go back to normal on where crowd is surely present.

There's no other way to say it, sport = money! Locking down caused many financial problems, not just for sport clubs, also for all other businesses directly connected with sport!
A success or a failure?! Well the games will not stop, be sure in that! This period is hard for many, and like always strong will survive! Many others will have trouble surviving, some clubs will change their owners...but generally it's nothing new, those things happened before! Like always, it's either adapt or perish.

Revenue isn't a basis for a new normal setup to called a success. It's already expected that there's a decline in revenue for an obvious reason.

It was determined on how far the development goes during the bubble setup. The fact that the majority of sports events that already done this pandemic didn't recorder or involve in a Covid-19 related case, then that's a success as protocols are properly followed.

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Can you give us some links or sources that show a huge number of views on across the sports this pandemic? I'm pretty sure ratings got low compare to their usual. That was even on news. Reasonable though.

Take note that when we say "low ratings" the figures are still "millions". However, not the usual numbers prior to pandemic.

We cannot really tell if they succeed on continuing finishing the season this  year in terms of health conditions, yes they ended very well but is there anyone who feel sick right now? Any asymptomatic person could infect someone without them knowing. So yeah, I must say they succeeded on a new game set up, but we're not really sure if they did it just as fine as no one gets the virus.

Low ratings were all across the sports during the pandemic. Even the most awaited every year for some basketball fanatics, NBA finals established a new record of all-time low ratings in a Final series.

For better understanding, you can check an article here:

Falling TV ratings across most sports? Here are four reasons to explain drop during pandemic (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/10/08/pandemic-why-tv-ratings-sports-have-been-down-since-returning/5913720002/)

I agree with you . Actually at this point this new normal setup it is a success. but as long as it lasts?   
if you take a look, there are a lot of players that has been infected by COVID19.
I am not sure that this is a suitable method for "the long term".

So far we can see that there are now news about players or parts of staffs that had able to get some infection which indicates that the entire association is
careful on following good health protocols because if they havent done such thing then expect that the entire season wont continue since there would be
a widespread that will happen internally but we have seen that they had finished it up in spite of the condition or situation we are in.
Its a success imho but there might be differences in sight but still a good job.

Each league have a different setup but overall I think it's a success at the moment even though i've seen some games getting rescheduled and postponed because of a few infections.

I agree that some teams are struggling when playing at home but I disagree with the advantage being gone for good. Few weeks ago Aston Villa took down Liverpool at their home field.

I may see it dangerous at first but based on the sports I've watched, it's definitely a success, athlete's are safe and the sports we have before the pandemic is still the sport we watched during the pandemic. Audience and other players are not in attendance but still, they can play once everything turns back to normal. They pulled it off. And it is really a success that will be written down in history. Sports getting through even with a pandemic. Basketball in my country started its season too this week, wishing the league a success too.

Indeed. Some players get infected, but we don't know if that player has been infected because of the event or from other places. The player who has been infected needs to explain where they are before the event or after the event. The scheduling of the events will be necessary, especially if many players get infected. Besides that, I agree with @ralle14 that each league, each sport will have a different setup, and they need to use another approach to the player before they played and after they played.

players can get infected or cannot depending on thier lifestyle . we think they wont be because they are physically fit due to training and dieting but if the player abuses him self like eating the wrong foods and dont get enough rest , goes in the party at night and gets late sleep . chances are that they catch a virus because they are also gonna be expose on different people when they are on public places  . id say they dont get infected because of the event because events now are restricted to audiences  . they need to check themselves from time to time so that their games or schedules wont get affected .

Entire sports events were getting affected out of the pandemic, but if a league for the year isn't conducted then it'll surely affect the fanbase during the next year's games. Upon this it is a must to adjust to the prevailing pandemic. Almost in every game some players have got affected, but with the rest the leagues are being played. Hope the entire thing goes normal over the time.

This pandemic is not a hindrance for us to seek for a profit that we want to sustain our needs during this crisis.

That's the reason why most of the investors or businessmen and companies are pushing to reopen their businesses again. This new normal setup is really not hard to do but it just need a lot of time to recover from all of the losses that this pandemic brought to us. We just need to follow the safety protocols and guidelines regarding this pandemic so that we can somehow continue operating businesses even if it is hard to adjust.

Sooner or later, everything will go back to normal and we need to prepare as soon as possible.

This is really a success to us because we adapt depending on the situation and we are the one who are benefiting to it.

I think how most of the leagues managed this year was alright. It could have been better, but also much worse. I really enjoyed in the first weeks of the lockdown to watch some of the old games on TV. Also they tried to resume the games as fast as possible. Playing games without viewers in the stadium seems like a good trade off in the beginning and now letting at least some fans back in the stadiums is good. If they had cancelled all the leagues this year it would have been horrible.

We dont actually have a choice but to adapt on the situation we are in because if we dont then it will just surely worsen up the situation.I cant say that it is not hard to do yet lots of adjustments will be made

which people arent really that get used to and the fact where discipline is one of the most important traits on where people should apply. Follow on whats been ordered or into the new system to avoid further
spread of virus.

For businesses then theres no other option left but to set out new health protocols.Its just sad that some of businesses now are still having closed doors neither temporarily and also there are
who closed totally due to bankruptcy.

For game set-up then we have just recently on how organizations do arrange it up which i conclude it was a success.Yeah, its a different situation but at least it did able to push through but somehow revenue
is highly affected but it is better rather than have nothing at all.

Its up to them though but no one can really ignore if you would really be paid up something significant.Also, you wouldnt be much worried as a player if you do saw on
the strict health protocol on where the organization been doing.

I understand your concern but there are various tournaments being organized because once the players or athletes are quarantined and tested multiple times then they are safe to make any sort of contact like you might have seen how NBA was played which is not finished but it is a game of contact only and since players were tested and reported negative they are safe to make any contact they want and pay the game normally.

The reason why so many sports are affected is because audience - the biggest profit source cannot be tested and ensured that they won't spread the virus if one is infected. I don't think playing was the problem but it took some time to understand how the process should go, that is virtual fans and quarantined players.

It's just impossible, we are talking of thousands of audience here, one of them will have the virus and those thousands are already at risk of getting infected, imagine how it will destroy our protocol if we allow that, we should understand, this pandemic is not forever but let's live on the current situation, follow the protocol and just appreciate what our favorite league has offered to us.

Yes, I agree with you that the new normal game set up was a success due to the fact that people now are staying safe at homes and because of this many of the gamer will tend to get involved in playing games. Probably if there is a statistics regarding on the rise of gamer around the world I think there will be a high increase compared to when pandemic still not happening.

Now, even if vaccine will be created I guess that gamer will still have fun to play games with some of them are doing set up already of computer games in their homes. A gamer is always a gamer and nothing could change that even after the pandemic is gone or the vaccine is being created.

It means that it's a success since you've mentioned that they are still earning which is a good sign even with the changes and new set-up. Also, it's not like they are the only ones risking their lives just to earn income since every one of us is doing that. No one is exempted from getting the virus so it's a risk to our health but we can't just stop doing something or even sports events because there is a virus spreading since some people are making a living with it.

This we all hope that things could go back to normal and the vaccine to be available. Globally the sports are affected by this pandemic happening but people still manage to have the new normal game set up which is viewers adopt the system. Actually, this is a also a nice setup both for the viewers and players to reduce the spread of this virus which they must follow the guidelines and safety measures.

meanwhile here in Indonesia,
our league was postponed since march. when any other leagues were already started in June, our national football league still not clear whether it will be started again or not  ;D ;D
we have many football supporters here, but our confederation is just that bad.
most of the football teams in this league also have a financial problem.
I'm in doubt that these teams can survive during this pandemic situation.

I only know NBA, boxing and MMA and they all have successful season and events, I don't know about the others, these three sports industry have a market and huge community to provide sporting events, they cannot just stopped their events because so many people are relying in these mentioned sporting events and they are multi million industry, they should do it even there is no profit in the gate.

so far it is successful there's a lot of ongoing leagues and also the playoffs of the nba was successfully finished through the new game setup even though this new setup would cost low revenue and new atmosphere for the players since there's no live audience.

There are too many problem faced by the Indonesian League, even without a pandemic the League could still be postponed for various reason. Are you not paying attention? :D

This time, the League was postponed because the authorities did not issue a crowd permit despite the fact that every match was not attended by spectator. What is the problem if this League is organized following health rules and protocol. Backwardness is something that is always inherent in our country. Meanwhile, many other countries have been doing business well and succeeding under the new normal. However, the government has the right to carry out its duties properly, even though on the one hand it can harm other parties. Business stagnate, sponsor lose money and player may not receive salaries.

The lifestyle can also impact them, especially if they can't take care of themselves in their environment. When the player goes out with their friends or family and don't follow the protocols, they can get an infection while they are in the out. That can also infect the other player when they gather in one room to meet or prepare for the match.

The chance to get an infection in the field can be reduced as before they enter the field, and they need to pass the protocols, so the only chance they get infected is from what they do in their home or the public area. Checking themselves before and after the match will recommend keeping their health at the prime conditions because that can prevent the virus infection.

The new normal adaptation is quite good not only for the gamblers but also for the casino heads if and only if will be implemented correctly and also if the gamblers will follow the restrictions, rules and regulations of a certain casino. Everybody should priorities their health because the virus are everywhere and cannot be seen by our naked eyes. Prevention is always better than cure we should bare in mind that.

Yeah, you are right, they also have a really really bad schedule.
No wonder our national team and representative clubs on asian club competition always f*cked up.

These pandemic should be a momment for our confederation to sync the schedules.
It will be good to start the league on the same period with other AFC countries. At least AFF countries. Stop the league, and freshly start it in the same time with that mentioned countries.

Some teams usually have a problem with their player salaries, I wonder how messy that teams now.

I don't care if it is a success or failure. The things is that ww should be thankful that the sports are resumed and we can watch the sports we love to watch. Players have to follow instructions to follow so that they will know if the players are healthy and ready to play instead of no sports are continued.

I would like to put my context of the success for this new normal game set up, it is the fact that no one gets sick after every game.
The government indeed play a major role for the continuity of these leagues, some see the need to push through these and some don’t.
Regardless of that, safety protocols must be adhered whilst thriving to sustain the continuity of these leagues and of the economy as a whole.

Business wise, the NBA lose a lots of money from that current setup, the bubble though was successfully finished and the team are enjoying their rest for a while. But if we talk with the setup the game was been completely without any problems and  also those sports events that already playing around everything is working just fine, fans participations might not be that much since the sports venues still not allowing major congregations.

It is commendable to see the government and the sports organizers and different sports bodies working out the safety measures that has enabled the sports to resume again pending the time of the covid-19 vaccines. The sporting activities is a big entertainment for the world and is good to see them back.

Yes they are successful I though most of the leagues will stop since players would not avoid physical contact.

Good thing some of them think of the bubble where in the players are isolated to the public until the series is finished.

But it is not right away players get sick after a game, asymptomatic people barely shows any symptoms that they are sick thus infecting other play without them knowing. However as far as I can see with every sports that have been resumed, no one gets into some serious illness such as Covid-19.

Because why not? they are getting a lot of taxes in sports especially in players which they really need right now to fight the pandemic.

@OP I agree with you, but it is also true that the players miss the cheer which gave them the energy to play more. I don't know if Novak would have done that silliness if audience were there, but players get frustrated early when they feel exhausted during their game as if it makes them feel like they are practicing at the court. This may look to be in favor of players and the events, but not favoring gamblers because players don't come with the type of practice they had when everything was 'normal'. Things are looking more virtual than real.

The casino and all employees must follow the local authority's restrictions, rules, and regulations if the owner wants to reopen their casino. That is what the casino owner must do in this pandemic because it needs to help the government prevent it. After all, the government can't work alone. With work together between the casino and the government, they can reduce the risk of the infection in the casino. That will be more reduces if all people in that city can do the same because if all people can do that together, the infection number will drop significantly.

AFAIK there are some games already allowed by the government and some of them are just indoor sports because they are preventing many users has a large event gathering like the NBA and also they are preventing too much interaction of people. Right now they are slowly recovering the community of the sports so do we need to celebrate right now? lol. Welcome back to reality and the outside world again. It's better if this pandemic will go as soon as possible so we can watch, play and gamble.

I've been watching leagues lately including WWE and some UFC or MMA fights it looks like it is still the same without audience the fight still looks the same thing. Implementing the bubble to the leagues is really helpful since the spread of diseases could really be controlled, I can say that this is all a success but this results to a low revenue since there were no audiences and maybe it was new to some players not having a real supporters in the background.

Not unless vaccine will be available for public consumption. People are very cautious nowadays, sneezing in public is regard with disgust. So don't think, audience will come back to normal when there's no vaccine yet. But wonder how it will go in the gates, is there going to be a certificate to show that you got your shot before you can enter the stadium?  :P

I am not just talking about the period of time whether they will or they will not get sick, my friend.
The success of this “new normal” set up is when it does not cause further chaos to the world.
By then, this set up could be continued and encourage more leagues to happen without the anxiety of getting sick.


Undoubtedly, governments earn taxes from these. And as they allow events and business operations, economy continues also.
That is why some governments allowed businesses to operate because it will benefit the state and the nation.
Of course, it is crucial that safety precautions and government mandated protocols and strictly enforced since there’s no vaccine yet.

Still there must be a limit to the players and every visitor in traditional casinos so that the prevention of the spread of this virus is not that significant. I know the government is now aggressively trying to prevent even the crowd from being dispersed so that no one gets infected, but is it true that all traditional casinos are re-opening? Will people go there or stay with online casinos? there are 2 options where it is best to avoid the corona virus.

Well, yeah I appreciate the effort of those people involved in organizing sports events even there's a pandemic.

If they implemented it successfully then it means that they exert a lot of effort and make a protocol that will keep the players safe from the virus.
Honestly speaking, it's kinda tiring to organize such events that require a lot of papers before the approval of the league this new normal.

Come-on, it has been a success because during the covid-19 period none was able to envisaged what could be the fate of leagues around the world. I was very excited when I heard about the new game setups, so far so good, the leagues have been doing well and the pandemic under control with the world best practice irrespect to covid-19. The only stuff we're missing right now in the ongoing leagues is the cheer-up and chantings on stage, hope we return back to the old days.

Approval for such event to be resumed out would really be a big work and as said specially in paper works.We have been delayed for several months for the season to be resumed by several sports
that we know. ex. NBA. Everything should really be set-up carefully and following health protocols before they can proceed.Yeah its tiring but really worth for the effort not for the sake of revenue
but also for the sake of fans that had been longing to look for the sports to be resumed.On recent events then we can really say that it was a success.It might not be similar on to those
normal days where pandemic didnt exist but at least they do able to finish it out even into these hard times.

I am sure the casino implements the social distancing protocols because they know how dangerous the virus to people in a crowd. I don't know if all traditional casinos are re-opening, but perhaps not all casinos because that will depend on the funds that each owner has because these situations are really hard for them. The casino already closes for more than 3 months, and we don't know how much money the owner loses. If the casino owner still has backup funds, and they want to re-opening their place, that means they will have a chance to make money. People will have their way to gamble, whether it's on the online casino or traditional casino. They can choose whatever they want, and I am sure they will always try to protect themselves.

It wasn't a failure but not also a 100% success by then. It needs more adjustment and more time to finally adopt the new normal, is a thing that no one around is shouting loud but all of them are just watching on TV or on the internet live. The game must have to continue despite these huge changes, though it wasn't really lively to see but that is what we have today. Social distancing, limited numbers of allowed person to get inside, we have nothing to complain because that is the protocol and we have to follow it.

It's expected because of the lack of attendance of the fans but they have a commitment to continue they don't want their players to be idle and become out of shape and they don't want their employees to be out of work, hopefully, next year when we have the vaccine we will be all back to normal and players and fans will be together again but nonetheless it's still a great season for many sporting events, it's shows the sporting organizations of their resiliency.

Well that is something we must be thankful because at least now we are seeing games happen live(but of course without that fans cheering for their team)

But i agree to the post above that it is not 100% success but of course it will happen soon as we are now starting to stand clean from virus and the vaccine is sooner be released and use.

I think the implementation of the new normal is quite successful, because I saw the leagues starting to be active again and there were no fans who looked directly at the stadium,
and I see that on social media the fans are still enthusiastic even though they only see at home, and I really support this new normal because it helps to prevent the spread of the corona virus,

The conditions need to keep like that, so the infection among the people can reduce. Until the situations can be normal again, the audience doesn't need to visit the stadium, and they can watch the match from their home. I hope that what we see in the sports can be applied too in the public area because the public area will have many people than the stadium. If all people can try to protect themselves and always follow the protocols, I am sure the number of infections can drop.

In my opinion, the new normal games setup that is currently running is quite successful, because some of the sports leagues are already active.
Even though there are still some shortcomings it is normal, because to be able to run perfectly it still takes time. The most important thing is
that we as sports fans can watch our favorite team or player can play again. And also we can start playing sports betting again, because some
sportsbook sites are re-opening.

People would be happy as atleast we are able to see some matches happening live else would have to see those replay matches if the events would not have been conducted. So in such cases feels good and also they are implementing quite well and some big tournaments are also happening without audiences as well.

They can choose to pause for awhile because it's not profitable to host a game without a crowd, but they still do, we showed our love to the game, they are just giving us a return, and therefore we should appreciate their effort although it's not perfect or does not satisfy our expectation.

Even though it's not the usual setup since they have their own bubble's I think in my opinion it's still a success haven't seen any news about any leagues that was stopped due to the virus maybe some games before but until now we can see that a lot of teams are still playing on the leagues all around the world.

only a few matches or leagues are able to implement the new normal strict protocol, the proof is that there are still many matches and leagues that are still pending even though the season should have started.
I believe not all leagues or matches are forced to start in the midst of this pandemic. some choose to postpone and sacrifice their income for the health of players and fans.

For me it is a huge success that they could still give us the things that we have been so eager to see the sports coming back.
Of course all of us shouldn't expect too much from it the athletes wouldn't feel the warm support from their fans and we also couldn't support them live on their games we could only watch and cheer for them online.

Even sports like Cricket are now resumed because they are made to live inside a bio-bubble where they are given some restrictions on where they can go and what they can do within that bubble. As long as players follow these instructions they are safe and ready to play and there are some nice rules changes in cricket like Bowlers can no longer use saliva on the ball which can spread the virus if allowed. Also the players are not allowed to use the ball after it comes from out of the stadium and it is sanitized first before being given to the team by the umpires.

More and more events are being restarted now and yes it might take time to fully recover but we already seen French Open and US open and now the IPL is going on so all sports are somehow able to conduct the biggest events.

True the important thing here is that they're active, back in action, and that viewers could once again watch what they love. Still though, one of the failures in the new setup would probably be the best players in a team being diagnosed with the virus, therefore being unable to play, thereby having a match between a perfect team and a team filled with subs and therefore, filled with holes. I saw someone post here about something like that, not sure if it was a friendly match or not, but nonetheless you get my point.

Well, a compromise is something that is quite normal here tbh, if they were able to implement this new setup perfectly then I'd have to really bow down to them. Nothing that we can do about it though, it isn't like there's a huge riot over the new setup, and I'm pretty sure most of us know how difficult it is for even the new setup to be done.

It's also expected that they will continue the league, otherwise they won't be making money as until now there's still no positive news about the vaccine of covid-19, we don't know if it will end or we will permanently live with it in our lives, but the sports will continue as there are still people who are watching and looking for it.

I just hope that all sports players don't get an infection in the field or their homes or the public area.
The leagues are still running, but the health protocols still need to be used to their safety and prevent the infection of Covid-19.
But what I am worried about is how they can protect themselves while they are in the public area because they need to buy their daily needs or buy something.
Maybe these situations will continue until the vaccine can be found by the scientist to cure the infected people, and we don't have to be afraid of the virus.
But the sports event does a good thing because the event can still run in the pandemic, but by applying a strict health protocol to the player and all staff.
Hopefully, they can also tell the public to protect themselves from the virus because sometimes, the public will listen to their idols.

They have no choice but to continue and be resilient and make the most of the situation, they have a league to protect they have people to support they can do it because they have all the information that they can use to help the league or the organizations to continue and so far majority of the sporting events are a huge success, basketball, boxing MMA you name it all are successful.

I don't consider it a loss of profit for them when they have earned millions from streaming platforms such as Youtube and Facebook.
As we know, its more easy to earn clicks and views especially when everyone else is staying in their homes that can quickly access any sports show they want, with their devices. On the other hand, its a cut of cost cause they don't have to pay tons of personnel.

They need to adopt in these new setup to keep their industry, their employees and to sustain their needs despite covid. It may be hard at first diue to plenty of rules and protocols need to be set at first but if not now, when will it be possibly to start again so the only thing now is to try it and see how it can be successful. It's like starting again from scratch whether there are people who will still watch, bet and invest. Sooner it will be like another normal once they get used in this setup.

Still a success for being able to continue despite of the pandemic. Changes are just inevitable in order to adapt with the new 'normal'. NBA as an example, successfully finished this year's league, which I think supports the claim of sports industry for successfully being again on "track". Same thing with local leagues of not only basketball but also other sports. Ofcourse, it is not as easy as it may sound hearing "they just got back with what they usually do". They made adjustments for such thing to happen. The continuation of sports industry does not mean we have already overcome the problem. Existence of it is still there and that is enough for all of us to be careful.

Sportsbetting is also coming back and that is quite of a good news for our fellow players out there which would again allow gamblers to enjoy the game and enjoy playing at the same time.

Well, there really is no other choice but to keep doing that but the consequence is that the audience and supporters are not as many as usual and it will disturb the mentality of the players, when it is broadcast on some streaming media it seems like we are seeing them doing routine training because what makes sports fun is from the audience who can provide excitement while running the match.

Indeed, no one wanted this to happen but life must have to go on and we go along the said new normal. We still have a choice not to adopt the new normal but only if we can wait for this pandemic to stop and that be a problem coz we even don't know when the situation will calm down. If we keep that wait, we have to waste a lot of time. That is why it leaves us no choice but to face the new challenge of our life in a real world.

Thankfully, television and the internet were also discovered.  ;D
Because there is no sense playing in the bubble without viewers.

I just hope they won't put a higher price for VIP watching.
I mean, they could increase it a little to gain some profits but there will still be advertisements that will pay high amounts to get a spot.
As a fan of sports, I am grateful for what they had done especially the NBA.

This has become a protocol rule that has been applied in the competition system in all sports, fans are prohibited from entering the field except for staff and medical.
In the new normal era, we still have to keep our distance so that the transmission does not spread so quickly, but there are many people who are bored, some are also taking advantage of working at home in this difficult situation, so for sports betting lovers they will still be able to with their wishes all the matches have been held. continue that means gambling is still running even though the new normal is still being applied.

Before the player's entrance to the field, the staff must clean it with disinfectant and make sure that the players can play without a problem.
We can keep our social distance in the public area, but how with the other people in the same place as us because I see that many people are still in the crowd together without a distance from each other. That can attract a new case or new cluster of Covid because we don't know how they protect themselves in the public area.

But still there are no allowed live viewers meaning this is still far different from the past games and cannot be consider returning to what is the set up.
well boring still specially if you are use to watch in live game,like me i often watch basketball in live now i felt like there is missing even when my favorite team plays via Online watching.
Of course this is a success because it is better this way than nothing at all.

As long as the public areas follow the rules that was set up for people to follow to avoid crowds and spread the disease. If everyone follows the stadium/football example, it will be disastrous for the world. The important thing to is to make sure everyone stick to the rules while going about their normal businesses/activities.

Specially soccer leagues because the players were used to of the crowd and the pressure they play under but now it feels like even the biggest matches are feeling like no pressure and no intensity because there are no fans in the stadiums to hoot for their players or similarly distract the opposition like in NBA the players were distracted by the fans when they were making shots like Free-Throws so it feels like the overall intensity is decreased but still we are lucky and fortunate that somehow they are still holding out events and I wanted to say that one company that did the best during these times is actually UFC because they make constant fights week after week and without any problems while their sports has the most physical contact so a big cheers to Dana White for being so active.

Maybe the new normal is: No spectators, Lower intensity and a slightly lower level of overall gameplay because let's be honest the NBA was nowhere near the quality we expect.

They could always close the doors to sports events but there are many sports that do not really need to be cancelled at all, look at tennis for the most the two players will be very far away from each other to the point it will be impossible for them to transmit the virus among themselves as long as they are still cautious about it, or take a look at golf in which for the most part players should never be close enough to spread the virus, however there are other sports in which close contact is a must and maybe we should reconsider if the players are safe enough while practising that sport.

Closed contact or not but we have seen that they had made out a solution to resume the season or the event even into this hard situation.It had been proven out and it was a success.This might be an another
scenario though but it is better rather than doing nothing at all.Sports organizations will really find a way on resuming the sports amidst of this pandemic.Yes, its hard but its possible to be done
and it had been proved out.I guess this would be the new normal now until the vaccine would be available soon but for now then we have to deal with this new set-up.Its unusual and not really preferred
since theres no crowd around but for the sake of health safety then we do need to follow up protocols to avoid possible problems of spread of viruses.

To be honest, as a football fan, watching the game without spectators at the stadium reduces the excitement of the match.
But like it or not we really have to get used to this new game setup, even though we really don't want it. Because indeed
a football match with a live audience is desired by many people. So far the new game setup is running quite well, even though
the corona virus is still spreading, but by running this new normal game setup the number of deployments can be minimized.
But I really hope that a vaccine can be found soon, so that the football game can run normally as usual.

For me, the effort of players and the team management as well to bring back the live sports event despite of the fact that there is still an on going pandemic that will prohibit mass gathering so no audience will be present at live stadiums to witness the game to follow the health protocols to avoid the spread of virus is already a big move towards success because even at this difficult time, still they have managed to bring back the sports event even without supporters watching them and they are playing like in a practice game. This was just a temporary set up so it was just fine and we must be contented on that for once the cure have been discovered, we can already get back to the old times. But for now, the gaming in the new normal for me is still a success and not a failure.

The live audience is not a part of the new normal.

How come you expected that on a new normal setup. That's why bubble has been created in other sport leagues or in an event like boxing, only limited person are allowed inside the hall.


You will be really bored if you don't understand why such games needed to be set up with no audience.


I'm agree here. I think that won't lead to viewers not to subscribe. After all, a true fan will understand it and will make way to support the league at any cost.

They are doing their best because they are paid for that! And if they don't do it they will not be paid! Simple as that! I don't like that term "new normal", it's just a hoax organized by some powerful figures that run this world!
It's politics which interferes with everything and imposes its own rules! But let's not go of the topic here, sport as industry needs to work or many will stay without money (and here we talk about a lot of money).
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This "situation" will not last forever, this madness will pass! And as it's said earlier, some will find a way to adapt and survive, others will have to think about changing careers! But it's like with many other industries affected by new rules and regulations. In many ways most of us are affected, as always privileged are just the ones on the top!

That is exactly also what I look into this pandemic.

We'd never know who are behind this madness, we all are affected. Yet we don't like the new normal but the government pushing us to adapt to the situation. But gamblers still have the option and that is to watch live games online, online betting, and this is the advantage for online casinos. Probably they are happy with what the new normal happens, unlike how offline casinos felt this time.

Anyhow, the pandemic is likely already hitting its peak, pretty soon this will be over, and will be got back to the normal environment where we live.

It's definitely a good thing that they started it and this might also become the new norm since the pandemic is not over yet.
It will certainly not match the level of joy and excitement when people used to go to stadium to watch but it has surely become a way for people to enjoy the league while being safe and secure at home.
The revenue might be a problem in the beginning because not everybody are used to such a kind of setup but as time goes people to adapt to it.
May be in future, both the real and virtual method of watching a league will generate additional revenue than what is generating today.
Adapting to changes is what brings growth.

Pushing us to adopt since we should live even there's a situation like this, and if we will not adopt on new normal then how can survive or the economy on this crisis? And for sure many adopt with new set up as well in sports scene.

And I really expect that this will end up next year the vaccine will successfully available since some of them are in final stages as WHO stated.

Also it's good to see the major league came back and for what NBA got after the bubble and successfully finish the finals for sure we can call the new normal game set up as a success.

It's all about the ability and readiness to adapt. Just like in any other business sport and gambling will need to adjust in order to survive.
Pandemic will not last forever, although we can't know what else might happen but meanwhile great flexibility is needed and that is the only way to continue with our lives and activities, including enjoying the sport and betting on it.

Many players was affected by the covid-19 during the lockdown that make some team get more worry about the up coming match if there's any thing the coach can do to make sure those three players are part of the game. If those three players are allow to play the team will surely win the game. I don't think there's any way they can allow someone who is in insolation center to play because others players in the field their life is at risk . No way this game will end win without all those players insolate after the lockdown.

It is till better to have some games going on even without fans in the stadium than to have no games at all and waiting for the pandemic to end and hope the stadiums will be filled. Also I think even after the pandemic will get over and people return to normal life I expect the crowd to reduce in numbers because there will always be a fear among people of making huge gatherings and a slight chance of getting corona positive is enough to keep the fans away.

As a gambler I don't mind if games are being played with filled stadiums or empty ones as long as they are happening and we have some real matches to bet on because Simulated Reality sports are just plain dumb and I rather prefer playing slots than betting on those.

I've added a poll to see the overall status of the subject.

I'm seeing a post that doesn't understand well the definition of "Success" and "Failure of the new normal setup.

Success means that the setup follows all the health protocols and able to finish the whole season (e.g basketball) or certain events (e.g boxing, e-sports) without recording a new case of the virus spread. While at the same time, able to give entertainment to the fans at their home. A failure on the other hand means that even with a strict protocol, the virus still breached the league resulting in a much worst-case scenario.

In sports there is not only one player and even though the core player is affected by this virus, at least there are other players who will replace him and that is the function of the reserve players. However, a new setup must indeed be implemented in this pandemic situation because it is also to ensure that anyone who enters the stadium is safe and clean, if no new setup is implemented then of course it will endanger many people. So, I think this new setup is successful because it keeps the match rolling, of course it is a wait for anyone who enjoys it.

That is actually the main problem. When you have one player inffected that might reflect the whole team because the others who were in close contact with him night be endangered too and get infected. That is also a problem for the audience and with only few people infected virus could spread quite easily. I don't think that anyone likes new normal but as it looks for now we would need to get used to it.

Without the new normal game setup, it is impossible for sports matches to run again in a pandemic situation. I can say that the new
normal game setup is quite successful to be implemented now, although there are still some shortcomings it is something that is natural
to happen. Because it is impossible to run perfectly, but it must be admitted that this new normal game setup provides a few changes to
some of the game results. Due to the absence of a live audience, the home advantage is no longer valid, with many strong teams
experiencing defeats.

Nothing will be presented without this new setup, fans embrace this system as they don't have any options  to continue enjoying the games.


managements though anticipate or plan it ahead but there are still situations that happened which normal and tolerable.


There are changes that needs to happened since the setup is no longer the same from what's the original, adjustments needs to
implement to proceed and continue the games.


Not sure how that situation affects the performance of the teams / players, but we do witnessed what's happening
and the absence of the fans really counts.

We cant say completely that the current situation is the main reason on why those strong teams are experiencing defeats.How about those third seed teams on making out some good runs?
Does it mean that theyre good in current set-up we are in? Its not really that a valid reason for a team to tell that this current situation do really heavily affect their performance.
When it comes to this new normal game set-up comments then its a success it is indeed different but at least the pending games were revived and continued and finish off the season.
Difference is evident but doesnt mean that it would be a reason on completely shutting down this industry.

As long as the league or event was finished smoothly without any problems, then that's a success no matter how much profit or revenue they made. It's already expected that revenue will be affected.

Just imagined how much effort they made to bring back sports during the wild spread of the pandemic. It's impossible to open up such sports when we looked at how fast and quick the spread of the virus. But even with that serious concern, sports slowly resumes and even ended what they left prior to the global lockdown.

With that setup trial, I'm sure more good features will be added in the future while waiting for the world to come back again to normal.

It is hard to start sports again in this pandemic, while people are suggested to stay away from the crowd. We should give support to the sports association which cares to continue the sports events. The effort they did should appreciate by always taking care of ourselves because without us, they can't do something, and if they don't show the effort, we will not have entertainment in the sports.

I am sure that we can reduce the new case, and the sports will have a chance to resume the events, although they follow the health protocols from the government. We can watch our favorite teams or players on the field again. Once the virus is ended, everything will be back to normal, and we can watch them at the stadium and still give support to them.

For me, it is a success.

It is not that easy to manage a lot of people, millionaires, to start with, putting in a place and behave there as they should be. A lot of things happened but it went well in the end. They adjusted so well, they did so well in maintaining these people, following the protocol and such. It won't end that easy but I hope it ends this year.

Lots of people are dealing and coping up with it so I could say that it's a success for us. It might sound too early to conclude but since we can adopt it, I believe that it's working well for everyone. Since we're in this kind of situation, we have no choice but to embrace the new normal even for sports or any kind of game. We have to look at the brighter side of it though we're having a hard time sometimes.

I would also appreciate UFC's president Dana White a big credit for organizing these fights during such tough times because UFC was expected to dry up as we all know how much spectators matters in fights in UFC as they create a whole atmosphere, anyone who watched UFC with crowd knows what I mean. But they kept making fights happen and never let the crowd factor let them down.

I guess there is enough revenue to keep the sports like NBA going because they earn massive just by selling TV rights and sponsors so if they make small revenue it is still better than having no NBA and facing loss.

I definitely agree with this.

So much efforts are being put in every actions of those people who wanted to continue their passion in the amidst of pandemic, even if it's too dangerous especially in sports. Sports betting and the sports industry are also being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic just like any other businesses in the whole world economy, therefore they are making ways to make it work again to slowly make their business rise up again.

Playing sports, mostly team sports are dangerous because there's no physical distancing which is prone on getting a COVID-19 virus. So yes, in this new normal, we must appreciate all of the efforts in all of the businesses and other things that are trying hard in the middle of pandemic. We must help each other to survive this pandemic.

Well, I can see that everyone appreciated their effort here as no one voted for "no" in the poll. It's a big success as they were able to provide real entertainment despite it's not advisable to have physical contact in the current situation but they find a way to make it happen and provide us the sports that we really love to watch.

Honestly speaking I might be the only one with this opinion but having sports without fans is actually good because there is no useless noise and crowd and the games are happening so peacefully. I was watching IPL the other day and the virtual fans sound they have implemented makes it feel like real crowd is there while there is no fights happening and the matches are going on quite swiftly. If fans were there it was always more intense and rivalry based matches.

I am not saying I don't like fans cheering for their teams but some sports are so much better without fans. I love watching soccer with filled stadiums no doubt but I would always want cricket matches happening with less crowd in future too.

This is something that also happens to me and to be quite frank it surprises me, after all the players are still doing their best on the field but without any spectators the event seems lifeless and it is missing that excitement, there is a psychological study that shows that smiles are contagious, if you see people smiling then most likely you will begin to smile soon afterwards and maybe that is what is happening, without the excitement of other people on the screen it is more difficult for people to feel a connection with the game and feel excited about it as well.

In my country there is a referee in basketball that is suspected to be a covid positive so the game were paused by that time, thankfully in his test result he was negative. We never know whom others meet or interact with so as the players were facing new normal and they know they have a game or events to deal with it's everyone's responsibility to follow the protocols, the needed quarantine time before the game. It's nice that the league continues but it will be a failure even they win in a game if ever someone in their te tested positive so better be careful, we all hope that this game setup will be successful in not spreading more virus even they continue the games.

That is true and for gamblers they get something to bet on real sports because these days e-sports have been vastly popular and another sport that was famous these days is Table Tennis but both of these I hate betting on because I have not much knowledge how they work and it is like betting on random games and then hope to win.

I believe NBA was a great success because although the gameplay was below average quality and the NBA finals never felt like they were finals but at least organized the league in a really good manner and some of the games were really good apart from some horrible officiating and bad plays at times but that is understandable with no spectators there is always a lack of energy within players.

It'll be interesting to see how bigger events like the winter olympics or Paris olympics end up. As those involve moving athletes from all around the world together and be a way for the virus to spread if it's not handled properly. In my country it's a bit bizarre to see football stadiums that usually hold 50,000+ people completely empty and it must be a bit of a surreal atmosphere for the footballers. I wonder if they are happy in a way because there are less distractions from the stands..

What do you mean by "gameplay was below average"?
The game itself in the NBA bubble has the same intensity like when you're watching it live on TV, except the court was empty. It might just be a bit disappointing for some fan, because of the unexpected outcome and match up upset. Horrible officiating is kinda normal even during the normal days, that's considered as inevitable.

I don't know why some fans felt that there were something lacking and not a hundred percent satisfied with the result. Remember how hard it was for the players to adjust into the new normal inside the bubble. That was more than a sport they risks everything for the fans and to salvage the NBA business. Being a champion inside the bubble is something unforgettable in NBA history.

I think the Olympic body has to decide that they have to hold the schedule or re-scheduled it next year, it wasn't really lively to see and for the safety of everyone. And I don't think also that the government will allow it during this complicated time. Because if they'll have to push it, I wonder if it has better results, limited players, limited live audience, it is just like a dead Olympic. It certainly not give an entertaining result, much better if they move it when the pandemic is over and everyone could fully enjoy the moment.

With the poll at the start, only 5 voters participated so far. So I am assuming most of those who commented on this thread have no preference, whether the current set-up is a success or failure.


High probability that they will push it. Vaccine should be available first to most people. This will be the only way for people to be more or less at peace with himself to mingle with other people. Even the government will not allow people to be in crowded places without seemingly strong protection from the spread of the virus.

It is not enough to make the people feel that it is safe even with the release of the vaccine, perhaps, it supplies might be insufficient whenever a huge breakout happens because people are already celebrating. Whenever the vaccine came out, we should still practice to gradually adjust back to life before and should not jump to conclusion that it was safe already.

IMO, the new Normal Game Setup is the best setup we have through utilizing the technology and blockchain to facilitate gambling instead of just plain Internet. We should be thankful that before the crisis happened, crypto gambling casinos were already established. It is just that, majority of the gamblers aren't fully aware of it so they need to adjust.

Just having the idea that sports can come to play now and team are conducting their practice normally ?this means Success mate.
imagine for how many months that the world stops not only in sports and gambling but everything in essentials ?
Let us be contented in what we are allow so far,in i few months we will be in watching live again.

As long as the government can found the vaccine and people can get a cure from the vaccine, everything will slowly back to normal, and the sports will live again with the audience at the stadium. We need to enjoy the time now because sports finally can restart after it stops for months. We can have entertained temporarily, and it is no problem if we can only watch our team or player from our home for our safety.

The fact that most sports sector adjusted the moment the pandemic started constitute a big success for me.

Generally, these people have to follow strict mandates and protocols before engaging to such activity due to the risks involved. Again, they managed to continue the games live (despite having a virtual audience) and even if they acquired a relatively low amount of revenue compared before, they managed to find a way to still earn. That for me is a huge success in such sector.

In my country, a basketball leauge tried to cope up with the new normal and chose to continue despite of the situation. It is ealier today wherein one player tested positive in covid, which worries other sports organization of reopening their leagues right now. This may only prove that it will not always be the same. Just because in other countries made it back, things will go the same with the others. Relating this to the topic, there are really worries in the side of the players and the only sucess we should look forward with is the safety of the players and people around the world. Maybe the continuation is not applicable to all, it depends still in some aspects.

Amid this argument, i would still love to resound my words again, that the sit at home to watch matches still better than the days we all lost the scene. Hopefully we don't see the second wave of the pandemic becasue this will totally crumble the world of sports again like few months ago. The current set-ups so far is the best for now and we're enjoying it positive impact, hoping for the days we all gather again in chanting among friends.

It feels like that we aren't already having some panicking of this pandemic situation which I do feel it turns out to be like a casual stuff or illness that we do have today.

We are embracing the new normal and talking about second wave? I don't consider for it to happen yet the spread is still unstoppable as of this day.

There's nothing we can do but to deal on what we had today.Just be thankful that organizations do really make ways to continue amidst of this hard situation.

Many leagues right now have successfully finished and obviously, it's a success since they managed to handle it despite the pandemic we're facing.

I'm pretty sure that organizers have work with full effort to implement the sports event even it has low revenue and such. They've handled everything even the health protocol, to avoid spreading the virus. Also, the management will be also at risk if popular athletes have contacted the virus, they should be aware of those and act, the organizers can be also blamed for this.

So I consider this a success, it's pretty hard tho.

They have get used to the current situation, even in some leagues where some get tested with covid-19, they just isolate the players which are affected but still continue the league, they will not be stop by covid-19 because if they will allow it, the sports and gaming or entertainment industry will die.

It is difficult to pushed through a game in this midst of pandemic, health protocol and social distancing were top priority. But its amazing to consider that have some game successfully finished despite of the issue. Considering how diffucult to pushed a game that's why new normal game setup would probably the priority of every game or sports organizer as of now. Esports would probably the best choice to consider but i think it would be hard to implement especially in a team sports.

It is really true, for example, this game ; https://www.goal.com/en/match/lens-v-nantes/7st9z0pzq92sgqgwmifddgc4q

French Ligue 1 game called off as Lens report 11 coronavirus cases (https://www.besoccer.com/new/french-ligue-1-game-called-off-as-lens-report-11-coronavirus-cases-905357)


That certain game was postponed but it doesn't stop the legue, it still continue so fans would still see the league they want to see.

Yes, kudos to what they have all been doing, hats off to players for playing at their front foot for people's entertainment and thanks to all the gambling websites which allow us to bet on them, as the excitement would have been crunched if these things were not there. It's not that we just want to gamble, but watching them with full anxiety and waiting for someone to win is all we want. This new setup has once again filled life in audience who's been waiting for more than 3 months to be able to see their favorite sport as many sports took longer to resume and we only had digital games mostly to bet on.

It is interesting that only 8 people have voted so far and I also find it interesting that not a single one has voted for the failure option, but in a way this is understandable after all if the options are to have some sports on the screen with a lot of restrictions put in place and to not have anything then most people will prefer to have some sports even if the feeling of excitement is not the same and will consider this to be a success, and I feel the same, it is obvious that it is not what we all want but I am glad that we have sports back as it is also important to keep ourselves happy especially now that the threat of a lockdown seems like it is about to make a comeback all over the world.

People are probably confused and don't know what to think anymore. Yes, from one point of view is better to have at least something than nothing but them again it's not good enough because it's not the same feeling, the same excitement. Also, having in mind development of pandemic we don't even know if we'll ever get back to normal that we once new before. However, I hope that we'll have at least some sports to bet and enjoy.

It is actually an alternative where they can still pay and also set up sports and sports lovers can still enjoy them.
However, with that kind of setup, it must give different effects to the audiences and also sponsorship. In this case, we can't compare the success as usual when in a normal situation, this is a new normal. setting up the sports to exist can be said as good progress than no sport anymore.
The conspiration of success or failure may depend on the ratings, income from sponsorship, and others. And of course, it will reduce the income of the tickets as usual. Well, this is not good. But actually, the new normal sports can really fulfil the curiosity and interest from the audience.

We are all in the same foot when it comes to feelings and views on the current situation we are in.Its totally different and we do much prefer those normal days where

we can go inside in the gym and do witness out the games that we do like and can also bet online with seeing that there are lots of crowds where you can really feel

the thrill and excitement as a player or team can make a score.Theres nothing can beat out that kind of feeling but now we are on a pandemic situation then
we wont have any choice but to deal with it.We are trying our best to proceed on in spite of the situation which is really indeed better
than have nothing at all.

I can say a success because we have an alternative option despite these pandemic situations we're suffering we still able to watch the game at home.  We should also be grateful that the entertainment industry is alive during these times. The setup is not easy so applause to everyone who put the event together and adopts this new normal setup.

And remember that leagues already accept that big losses will come their way but still push for the sports resume. They can just suspend the game for good but decided to continue so fans can still watch at their home. Being stuck at home for long can create mental problems that can affect every person's health.

We need entertainment in a time like this. The new normal setup will not last for long so we just need to bear with the alternative while waiting for the world to comeback to normal.

I also believe that the new normal in the resumption of games is a success. Because it has not been easy to carry them out because the virus has been everywhere and the players and the staff despite the strict measures that they have been implementing, the virus has come to affect them. But thanks to the quick and timely prevention, the organizers of the sporting events have been able to solve the problems. We have also noted the sensitivity and generosity of the players and team owners who have supported with significant donations to counteract the effect of covid19.

Exercise and entertainment is a vital of aspect of a healthy living for every human being. This is one of the things the resumption of the games has brought to the table. The athletes stay fit by doing what they do and getting paid while, the fans are entertained watching the actions from behind their screens. That is a win.
And I was also happy to see a handful of spectators to have start featuring in the Italian league games. I don't know the criteria for letting in spectators though I'm sure would be in accord with Covid19 guidelines but then, it shows we are actually getting somewhere with the new normal situation. Another win.

Not all of the sports and league have a success operation again ot what they called a bubble. One of the successful league is the NBA where the Commissioner really focus on the physical and mental health of every players. In terma of the basketball league in my country, I do not considered it as success because there is one referee and a player that become poaitive through PCR testing. I think they ahould tighten their security amd health protocols in order to prevent the spread of the virus. I want also commend the other leagues and sports out there that are now operating again. We betters lovely to see a exciting game again.

A success of course just take the NBA as an example after successfully ended the league with Lakers as declared as the Champion's leauge after winning the Finals vs. Miami heat.

Other sports too are now close to end the season or league like soccer and boxing to which a physical contact sporta too had resume. The only thing that has gone missing in the continuation of the sports were the crowd that love to watch sports event. This is really not usual and many are now watching through live. This is not ideal becausw mostly fans do like to watch in the arena to witness the game or event.

Because it is they business, don't forget sports also one of the profitable business in this world so they are finding their chances to survive in this pandemic.Yes they are going to make less revenue but sooner they are going to make up with increasing the fee to watch the match, online streaming costs and etc.

i don't see so much impact of the covid-19 to the sports community since the way i bet from before is still the same, the leagues still continues until now. i think it's because of the effort of sports managements who make the leagues still possible in the middle of the pandemic. i think it was a succcess.

Considering how some games continue the matches and seeing it's result which turned out okay, imma say that it's a success. This is the first time we experienced this kind of set up in our lifetime. As you have said op, those were indeed great efforts. Adjustments must be made both on the staff and the players, and also the audience. But they were still able to pull it off. NBA is one example. We have PVA here in our country in which the set up was also similar to the NBA and it's going just fine.

I'm used to watch matches on TV. But of course, I miss seeing love audience cheering for their team. Hoping and praying that next year, things will be better.

As long as the league continues without the stadium's audience, I think that will be okay.
Of course, sports management works hard to make sure the match runs and tries to reach the success that they want.
Without support from many sides, they will not be able to succeed, especially if they don't get support from the government.
They need to still use the health protocols before and after the match because only with that way they will not have a problem with the infection of the virus.
If one of the sports events is a delay because of the player or something else, the sports management will reschedule it, so sports can still running on the other days.
I hope that the sports event is still getting success, even if the pandemic still does not end, and if the pandemic can end in the next year, the sports event will get it's glorious like before.

seriously mate?there is no difference since the covid 19 happens?
or you just Shitting around here?
almost all sports stopped the league when the pandemic spread the world and you are saying that there has no effect at all?
stop your stupidity because games has just return semi normal recently.
what can the management do when the government stopped them from operation and until now limiting their movement towards their game policies?
lol there is a lot of changes happens but now at least we are going back to normal slowly.

Its a success as long as both players and the fans felt the same excitement of the game. Even during these times of adjustments things need to continue especially the sports industry as long as health all protocols are followed games are good to continue.

For me it is a success since we have accomplish to continue having sports even when we are facing this pandemic and because of it the sports betting continues.
It would only fail for me if it would be stopped but since it still continue to go on then we could say that it is a huge success.
We have new games to watch even though we couldn't watch it on stadium for real live action but we could enjoy it at our home through the internet.

True, adjustment is necessary and be realistic in facing the situation, if fans will understands players will still feel the same joy they felt before the pandemic. We are all adjusting here as the covid-19 is still here, we can't get loose and with proper protocol, we will be able to enjoy while being safe at the same time.

The only difference now is that no fans are allowed in an arena but as long as it's televised which most of us fans have an access, nothing change a lot, it's still fun IMO.

We need to adapt rather than on completely stopping just because people cant go to stadiums or arenas? Its a big change though but doesnt mean that we can make another ways or options.

and this is where we did really head up where such new system had been organized for these events to resume out even though theres no crowd but it still succeeded on resuming out those games.

We fans arent the only one who've been struggling into this new normal yet even players had made out adjustments or need to adapt too into the current situation that theyre in as if there's no
other choice as long we can go forward.

We did. But there were fans that are not satisfied with the setup that management did for the sake of everyone. Sports that came back even with the pandemic did it correctly with all standards and protocols that have been followed. Let's all be happy that we did managed to see sporting events even it's hard to go outside and the virus has been around in our surroundings that we can't even see. What I'm waiting for is the coming back of those events with live audiences, I'm sure that many fans won't miss that when everything goes back to normal.

If it keeps bringing them revenue it can be considered a success, and even if it doesn't it's still a good try. When you give up and stop thinking of ways to improve your business you've already lost.

I'm sure after a few months they'll be able to share some statistics and show how successful it was.

That said I think that all these delays in sports events and lockdowns are unnecessary.