Olympics 2020 Discussion Thread

[virasog]

It is very likely that Olympics may be postponed this year and maybe shifted to 2021.
Do you think this decision is good for the sports and the players and how it will effect the sports betting business ?

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[electronicash]

governments forbid any kind of gatherings including sports events. i'm sure olympics will also be postponed. there is a travel bann, i don't think they'd risk athletes while covid19 still is killing people.

[Darker45]

It is very likely that Olympics may be postponed this year and maybe shifted to 2021.
Do you think this decision is good for the sports and the players and how it will effect the sports betting business ?

There is already an official decision for this. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee have already agreed to postpone the Olympics "to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021."^[1]

As a matter of fact, it was Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, himself who proposed the postponement of the said sports event to the IOC. Even the 2020 Paralympic Games is also postponed to a much later date.^[2] 

This is definitely the best decision considering the danger of any large gathering due to the presence of COVID-19.

[1] https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee
[2] https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/52020134

[Tipstar]

Even if the virus came into control, we should be cautious after such pandemic, a case that's not showing symptoms may further spread the disease.
It's a great decision to reschedule it into 2021, Japan has done a great job but they should wait for a successful hosted event. A game surrounded by concerns won't make it enjoyable.

[Haunebu]

This is obviously a great decision and I don't see the need to debate this. Even if they decided to go ahead with it without any crowd, the athletes would risk their health just for our pleasure making it a stupid move overall.

Every major event that I know of has been cancelled or postponed to next year which is why I was not surprised to hear about the Olympics being postponed to 2021 at all. 2020 will be remembered for Coronavirus primarily and nothing else.

[virasog]

This is obviously a great decision and I don't see the need to debate this. Even if they decided to go ahead with it without any crowd, the athletes would risk their health just for our pleasure making it a stupid move overall.

Every major event that I know of has been cancelled or postponed to next year which is why I was not surprised to hear about the Olympics being postponed to 2021 at all. 2020 will be remembered for Coronavirus primarily and nothing else.

How is everyone sure that this covid-19 virus will disappear in 2020 and will never return. There can be a chance where in Feb / Mar 2021 we could see the virus again being activated due to cold seasons. I think this is too early to say when will the Olympics will resume. Also the crowd gathering may be ban for indefinite time.

[plvbob0070]

Postponing it is for the best of all the players.  They have to prioritize the players' health before anything else. Instead of bringing tourism to the country that will be hosting the event, it might just bring a threat to everyone since various players from different countries will be going.

Although betting businesses will be affected by it, they can't do anything. They will have no business for now but they also have to sacrifice. Then we can all watch, support, and bet on our favorite teams. We just need to cooperate with the authorities.

[Natalim]

The schedule will be this coming July right?

I guess this will be postpone, maybe before July the vaccine will be discovered but it will take time to clean the mess this pandemic has brought,
Actually there is nothing wrong with postponing the Olympics since there is a valid reason, and lives and health of the people matters most over the competition.

[TimeTeller]

Let's hope that by next year, this virus is already contained.
And more than possibly, they will require vaccination for athletes and spectators/audience.
I guess this kind of pandemic can't be totally eliminated in months only as the transmission is quite fast.
There might still be carriers of that virus even at that time.

[noormcs5]

Let's hope that by next year, this virus is already contained.
And more than possibly, they will require vaccination for athletes and spectators/audience.
I guess this kind of pandemic can't be totally eliminated in months only as the transmission is quite fast.
There might still be carriers of that virus even at that time.

Obviously virus keep on existing but as long as the vaccine is there, we are safe. Once the vaccine is developed, then we can have resumed all the sports including Olympics.
Currently health and saving lives is far more important then to think about the Olympics games.

[Baofeng]

We already have this thread by @coinlocket$, 💰 Summer Tokyo 2020 💰 Discussion and bet thread 💰 Summer Game. So I suggest you lock this thread and continue the discussion there.

[JoMarrah Iarim Dan]

It is very likely that Olympics may be postponed this year and maybe shifted to 2021.
Do you think this decision is good for the sports and the players and how it will effect the sports betting business ?

This is already a topic for of Japan and yes it is truly postponed to 2021 but still address to year 2020. ( https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/24/tokyo-olympics-to-be-postponed-to-2021-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic )
I think even though the virus will be totally cured, it will be difficult to every country to rise up again. There will be no budget for players due to economy is down. It is also a good thing for players because they can prepare well.

[boyptc]

It is very likely that Olympics may be postponed this year and maybe shifted to 2021.
Do you think this decision is good for the sports and the players and how it will effect the sports betting business ?

Health is the main concern and it's a comprehensive decision for the management to postpone it.

[Daniel91]

Personally, I think this epidemic is going to take a very long time and it seems to me that it's not realistic that any major competition will take place this year.
Not only that, I think this epidemic has radically changed a lot of things and I think that in the future sports competitions will be organized in a completely different way with much more concern about the health of athletes and spectators, their safety, etc.
This year is probably lost not only for the great sports competitions but also for many national competitions.
This is sad news for many fans but health and life are still more important than any sport.
I guess that we will see olimpic games in the summer of 2021.

[Latviand]

This is obviously a great decision and I don't see the need to debate this. Even if they decided to go ahead with it without any crowd, the athletes would risk their health just for our pleasure making it a stupid move overall.

Every major event that I know of has been cancelled or postponed to next year which is why I was not surprised to hear about the Olympics being postponed to 2021 at all. 2020 will be remembered for Coronavirus primarily and nothing else.

Sports betting will be also postponed and gamblers will be disappointed but what can we do? It is for the sake of the people not to get the virus from the crowd. Also players are more vulnerable to the virus as athletes come from many different countries. Athletes must rest and train more during this quarantine, so that they can get extra focus if the Olympics resumes after Covid-19 pandemic ends.

Yes, it is already written in our history that this Covid-19 affects a lot of country and the death toll is still increasing most especially in Italy. Hoping for the Italy to recover and wishing them a healthy body and strong immune system. Not only in Italy, but all of the countries affected by this crisis. Avoid gambling during times like this and spend time with your family during quarantine. Spend your money in valuable things like food, medicine and etc., to fight and prevent the spreading of the virus in your household.

How is everyone sure that this covid-19 virus will disappear in 2020 and will never return. There can be a chance where in Feb / Mar 2021 we could see the virus again being activated due to cold seasons. I think this is too early to say when will the Olympics will resume. Also the crowd gathering may be ban for indefinite time.

Also we have no idea when will our beloved scientist will discover the vaccine or cure for this virus. They are still trying their best just to end this crisis, they are one of the frontliners, so it is not easy to them to instantly discover it. It takes a lot of time, effort and budget to do a lot of experiments. Definitely, it will take 1 or 2 years for the vaccine to discover and the number of getting infected is larger that the people recovering from the virus. So I don't think that this Olympics will resume in 2021, maybe in Quarter 1 or Quarter 2 of 2020. But I hope that as soon as possible, they find the cure to end this suffering of the people most especially, the poor.

[Blackdeath]

It is very likely that Olympics may be postponed this year and maybe shifted to 2021.
Do you think this decision is good for the sports and the players and how it will effect the sports betting business ?

In my own point of view, not only sports events and sports betting business would be affected because of this corona virus that every events and business are affected of these virus. The Olympics 2020 will automatically be cancelled or postponed, if the virus have continued to spread all over the world and we didn't able to stop it, that is why we are all hoping that this problem that we are all facing today could be stop in the future.

[mersal]

AFAIK,it is already postponed and greatly affect the japan's economy due this cancel.Many sports events also affected and cancelled due to covid-19 but there is not much to discuss about because this is happening all over the world and people's life is more important than sport events and economy of any country.

[dothebeats]

There were talks about certain events on Olympics proceeding but I agree that it is of utmost importance that it is postponed due to the lingering threat of the pandemic still beyond us. Even though Japan has already flattened the curve and only a handful new cases are being recorded, still it is not smart to risk everyone's health and well-being for the sake of continuing the tradition. They have given a definite time-frame for the Olympics to be held, so I'm pretty sure that they are coordinating with everybody to make this still a possibility.

Some athletes have arrived in Japan fairly recently, though I think they were placed under quarantine and would be sent home since the sporting event has since been postponed.

[YuginKadoya]

My personal opinion about this I think that they did the right thing in postponing the event and set it another date or year, for the safety is the concern here if this event continues there will be many lives they will be putting in danger, even though the sporting event would cease to exist at the moment and a lot of money that has been given for the said event the most important right now is the life of the many people that will go in that event and the players that will be participating, And even though the sports gambling industry today would surely take a ton of toll life is most important in my opinion.

[South Park]

There is already an official decision for this. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee have already agreed to postpone the Olympics "to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021."^[1]

As a matter of fact, it was Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, himself who proposed the postponement of the said sports event to the IOC. Even the 2020 Paralympic Games is also postponed to a much later date.^[2] 

This is definitely the best decision considering the danger of any large gathering due to the presence of COVID-19.

[1] https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee
[2] https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/52020134

This was the right decision, almost any major sport league and event has been cancelled or at least put on hold and the Olympic Games could not be an exception, the Olympic Games are one of the most massive events when it comes to sports and having so many people gathering from many different countries at one spot does not seem like the best idea right now, besides if they decided to try to keep the starting date the same I am sure many athletes would have decided on their own to not participate.