Vaccine against Covid-19 should be made before sports events will take place?

[chaser15]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

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[shoreno]

i will choose any of the choices  . i have no problem even if i choose a ( wait for vaccine ) because my life only evolve inside my house . i  work online and i dont go outside  but im still concern to other people that live the life outside   . cant imgaine what will happen to them if this issue continues   . the letter b on the choices above are infact happening right now  on most regions here on our place but saftey practices are still being implemented   . about the vaccine i heard they will release it next year  .

[Darker45]

If the spread of the virus is already fully contained in a particular country even before a vaccine is discovered, I think sports events could be opened for public viewing. 

No audience sports games under circumstances in which the transmission of the virus is still going on should not be allowed. Protecting the people by prohibiting them from attending live to such events while exposing the players to possible infection seems not right to me.

[robelneo]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

I don't think it will take years to formulate a vaccine many companies are now on clinical testing on their version of COVID -19 vaccine before the end of the year we might have at least 3 Covid vaccine, I also pick option number two because we cannot let the sports industry to die because many people are relying on it it should be under heavy restrictions and guidance coming from experts.

[Wexnident]

It's not that the world can't wait for it, it's that they have to wait for it no matter what. The world pretty much has no choice. If those infected couldn't be infected again then that may be one positive thing to note, but nope. Anyone can literally be infected, whether they were infected before or not. As for the vaccine, I think and hope that it wouldn't last a year before it's made? I mean, that's me hoping since the entire world is working on it right now. I want to opt for number 2 but really, that put's literally everyone at risk working there. Whether they be the staff or the players. Not to mention that players being infected may be quite fatal when it comes to playing right now.

[kayvie]

I will probably wait for the vaccine, hopefully, it won't take a year or more to be made. But this is the only thing we can do as a citizen in our countries to help the government to at least avoid this virus to spread more quickly and lessen the increasing death every single day. Setting aside the sports and other physical gambling activities is the best option and do online gambling to satisfy ourselves.

[Baofeng]

I will go with option b - slowly bring the sports without any fans and limit the people involved until we wait for the official vaccine from the heath authorities so that at least we can sports moving forward despite this pandemic. There are also sports athletes that are struggling in this crisis and need financial help. And maybe if we could continue, they can manage to survive and bring food for their family until this thing settles down in the next coming months.

[plvbob0070]

While there's no vaccine, we need to adjust and make some changes. Postponing sports events until we can find a vaccine won't work. Athletes also need to work, so I guess making some changes like what we call "new normal" would do.

I don't know how to make it efficient for everyone while preventing the virus to spread, but limiting the audience to watch live can be a help. We can still go back to normal when the affected cases are slowly decreasing, but we still need to have precautions. Maybe testing the players and staff before the event, no live audience, and more. We can't really wait for the vaccine before we can function, we just need to adapt to some changes.

[smyslov]

We have a thread here where Nicaragua pushed through with their boxing match, not really good idea when I first read it, but after I saw the many precautionary measures like facemask, social distancing for audiences and continuous testing for boxers I come to believe that it's possible if we have precautions and a lot of restrictions, it's possible it's only temporary and we will soon get over this.

[bitbollo]

As you have correctly said we are not sure to being able to get a vaccine in short time.
even if we develop a vaccine it will be very hard know before the real protection during time. I mean a vaccine could work only for some years and not "for the life" and meanwhile the virus is already spreading around and not disappeared.
Probably the"plan b" is the right solution, but we can also hope that virus become "less deadly", more people have already antibodies, drugs already used come to market...

[Janation]

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

This would be the idea.

I don't think teams would be pushing the games since we all know the risk they will be taking. They will be risking millions to every game they will be attending and they couldn't risk that much. I think some games that can be done locally would be pushed through, but games with people going into places won't be good at all for the players.

[Tipstar]

Without vaccine or a full proof medicine, the only way to tackle the virus is to contain it. Testing players and officials could be a way to go ahead for small sporting events but the global events like olympics and world cups would not be able to carry on with the virus still in loose. If it takes a long time, we may change the way we do and view sports.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

This can never be the perfect solution as it's killing the system even more, we're social animals that need interaction with others daily but when that's altered it becomes a problem. I did some research online to back my assumptions and I got to understand we're going about containing the pandemic the wrong ways as when all this is over the chances of contacting those minor disease that our immune system would had tackled easily will increase which will cause a lot of problem even deadlier than the Corona virus.

Option two is more recommended, but the no audience criteria is total bullshit instead they should reduced the number of audience that will be allowed to witness the event. Sport isn't complete without fans to cheers the participants of that sporting event.

[DabsPoorVersion]

Option a is my choice, or rather we can say that we don't have a choice but to wait for the vaccine.

It will be hard to make adjustments in this kind of situation, so, instead of resuming our previous activities, it is better for everyone to help each other. Let's just avoid going to the public for now and this will keep us from being the carrier or having the virus.

[stadus]

I think they can resume but they have to follow a strict measures, if we are waiting for the vaccine to be produce, it will take a very long time before a sporting even will take place, if other country were able to do that, therefore it's possible to resume the event,...

I like to watch it live even if there is no fans at all if that is the only option for them to resume.

[swogerino]

I don’t think is possible as the testing will start at earliest in September this year from some research pharmaceutical groups.That is testing only but it will take about 1 or 2 years after the testing to come to a real possible conclusion and in a definitive vaccine.I don’t think sporting events will wait that long before resuming.

[Latviand]

Without vaccine or a full proof medicine, the only way to tackle the virus is to contain it. Testing players and officials could be a way to go ahead for small sporting events but the global events like olympics and world cups would not be able to carry on with the virus still in loose. If it takes a long time, we may change the way we do and view sports.

The only time where sports can be continued or resumed completely is when the virus is completely eliminated. Until there's still a virus and the vaccine is not yet discovered, there is still a risk of getting the virus from one person so it is not safe to continue those events. Most especially that sports includes a lot of people and olympics have many participant from any part of the world.

It is risky to do those events when the pandemic is still active, vaccine is always necessary and the most essential during this kind of pandemic because it will make people immune to the virus and become comfortable doing something or attending gatherings. I think that it will take more time for that to discover because this virus sudden appeared without us knowing it and we're not prepared to come at this point where we are all suffering.

[Vaculin]

I don’t think sporting events will wait that long before resuming.

They can't wait for that long because that would mean they'll continue to lose money and that would not help for the economy of a certain country and even the country can't stand for that long since they can't get any taxes when there is no business operation from this big tax payers.

With proper planning and implementation, I think this is possible to resume the sporting events.

[pakhitheboss]

Vaccine will take time by now this is clear.

In my opinion there are two reason why this virus has spread to every country in the world.
1. China did not disclose the world about this deadly virus in December last year.
2. World leaders were not serious about this Virus becoming a pandemic.

Lockdown has been done now is to control the spread of this virus and every country is trying to do its best. But, controlling the spread does come with serious economic effects.

Now, it is not possible to continue with the lockdown as people are suffering more from it than the virus.

So, what is the solution?
Educate people to live with it untill a cure is out.

Is it possible
Yes, every individual globally now knows how this virus spreads and how to keep themselves safe from the virus.

Therefore I think this the right time to open the lockdown in a phased manner and start all the activities that were halted after the lockdown. Let the people decide and let them take control of the situation.

[Juggy777]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

@chaser15 with all due respect to the options quoted above, it’s not in our hands to decide when sporting events will resume again with or without the vaccines in place. Furthermore many leagues are already planning to resume their season from May, and I believe that most of these leagues game fall in the option (b) category. Lastly you need to understand that it all comes down to revenues, if they’re not suffering major losses then they’ll be willing to wait for a while, but if they’re suffering major losses then they’ll do everything in their power to resume again even if it means putting their players health at risk.

Sporting activities that are resuming and example of revenue loss:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52576780

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/football/article/after-german-bundesliga-italian-serie-as-fate-to-be-decided-soon/588508

https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-249-tony-ferguson-vs-justin-gaethje-fight-card-date-price-odds-complete-guide-location/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8193655/Liverpool-furlough-debate-toxic-Premier-League-clubs-suffer-COVID-19.html

[sheenshane]

Speaking of Covid19 vaccines, all scientist over the world was competing with each other who will first discover it.

IMO, I'll go for (b) that sports events must resume prior to the creation of vaccines with conditions and high precautionary measures must be implemented first since a high number of people not only the players rely on these sports for their living. We might immediately think that this is only for the profit of those players and sports organizers but try to imagine there are also other people like the utilities and assistance that are being paid per game.

In fact, some businesses are starting to operate again not only for the profit of the company but also for the employees to start earning again the same as with sports events they must start again for people in each game should start to earn for their living. It's a risk since there's no cure for the virus however, waiting for the vaccine before we resume sports events may really cause starvation to those people who get paid per game.

[maydna]

Perhaps, option B will be good to do, but the event needs to be very cautious because the pandemic time is not over yet. The event needs to prepare everything, including to make sure about the safety of the audience (if they invite people to watch by live). But they can consider for no audience while the match starts to minimize the risk of the virus spreads.

But to found the vaccine, and it could need years because the vaccine needs to test first before it can be distributed to the hospital.

But let's wait for whatever sports even will be because they need to think about many things before they decide to do something. Perhaps, we will not see a live sports event for a long time before the pandemic can get over.

[Haunebu]

I disagree with your choice op. Option A will always be the better choice in the long term. Vaccines are already being developed and I think everyone will be vaccinated by this time next year. Its a tough choice, but the right one in my opinion.

IMO, I'll go for (b) that sports events must resume prior to the creation of vaccines with conditions and high precautionary measures must be implemented first since a high number of people not only the players rely on these sports for their living. We might immediately think that this is only for the profit of those players and sports organizers but try to imagine there are also other people like the utilities and assistance that are being paid per game.

You are missing the point. COVID has the power to spread from a single person to thousands in an instant wreaking havoc all around which is why option A will always be the right choice in this case.

Both options lead to death and destruction ultimately, but option A will save more lives in the long term.

[Shimmiry]

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

I guess it would be better if the vaccine came out first before conducting any such crowded nor even any events that would take people to gather. Most gamblers and even normal people would prefer being safe than being on an event that has no assurance whether the unseen virus would attack. Though it seems to take years to impossible to have a vaccine, yet the fact that most of professionals and even supported by the all country's governments are helping each other to make one, would lessen those impossibilities.

But one thing is for sure, the pandemic thought us to value health more than anything. So better have a patience than to make a "new normal" event.

[sheenshane]

IMO, I'll go for (b) that sports events must resume prior to the creation of vaccines with conditions and high precautionary measures must be implemented first since a high number of people not only the players rely on these sports for their living. We might immediately think that this is only for the profit of those players and sports organizers but try to imagine there are also other people like the utilities and assistance that are being paid per game.

You are missing the point. COVID has the power to spread from a single person to thousands in an instant wreaking havoc all around which is why option A will always be the right choice in this case.

I tend to agree with you that the virus will continue to spread IF there's no social distancing to be implemented and limit people in one place to avoid crowded. As an OP stated on option B it is a case to case basis, it should no audience and less staff. If the number of cases in Covid19 victims in a graph will show the result of flattening the curve in a place, probably it is a good sign to continue and resume slowly any sports events. There are some places was on GCQ after the ECQ being implemented.

We don't know when the release of the vaccine but we can avoid the virus with high precautionary measures should be implemented, probably it is good to resume the gambling business industry slowly. Generating businesses to continue the revenue is very needed to recover from a possible recession because we are on the economic crisis as of now.

However, all of these are subject to what our government implemented in our place. We should follow the Covid19 protocols.

[Oasisman]

Option B is better specially now that we're temporarily quarantined and going out of your house is very limited, at least it ables to let people stay at their home watching their favorite sports and do online betting.
If we're going to wait for the vaccines, then that will take a lot of time, a year at the very least.

Sports organization should consider to open a single facility were players will stay at the same place for the whole season without going out in order to avoid contacting from the people outside. That way, we can enjoy live sports while getting rid of contracting the virus at the same time.

[imstillthebest]

cant understand why vaccine takes along time to be created when in fact we are now already on a year where we  have the best medical equipments compare on the past  or maybe i am missing out something  .

what if they can create a vaccine in a short period of time  but they refrain to release it for now because they love the situation and they love seeing people suffer like this  . my choice would be letter b anyway  .  we are now have a hard time on here ( limited food and cash )  cant take this life anymore

[Kasabus]

cant understand why vaccine takes along time to be created when in fact we are now already on a year where we  have the best medical equipments compare on the past  or maybe i am missing out something  . what if can create a vaccine but they refrain to release it for now because they love the situation and they love seeing people suffer like this  . my choice would be letter b anyway  .  we are now have a hard time on here ( limited food and cash )  cant take this life anymore

The world is not ready for the covid-19, until now there is no statement yet that the vaccine will be available soon as no country has said they already found it, it will take time because there's a process that needs to be followed, if we are using one vaccine only from whichever country will process, they need to ensure that it's safe to be use for millions or billions of people in the world.

[bitcoin-shark]

I think that for a possible vaccine it will still take a really long time and it will not be available before the start of the new year, on the other hand the economic losses for the stop of sports, for the matchs not played are huge, in my opinion once all the medical checks where done to the players and ascertained that they are all negative, they could start playing again without the presence of the public

[NavI_027]

No doubt that Option A would be the best thing to do. Continuous quarantine is the key for us to slow the spread of the virus until there will be no new cases recorded. Through this, the eradication of the virus would be a lot easier. However, sad to say but this option seems not feasible for everyone especially for those poor countries because their economy status will fall drastically. And if this happen, worse problems than the virus might happen . That's why I understand if some governments are willing to take the risk (Option B). Hmm, maybe the least thing they can do to avoid anyone's health compromised is to maintain social distancing and strictly implementing rules for the civilians.

[DevilSlayer]

For sure that those sports management will postponed the game and events all over the world especially if the curve of the charts that indicating the persons who having coronavirus are still not flattening. Trump says that the vaccine will be made in the US before the 2020 ends, let us hope that the virus should now be contained and it will not spread anymore. Most of sports are affected because of the virus and of course the Olympics are also postponed and I know that the events and major sports will only continue if the pandemics end or if there will be now a vaccine.

[MFahad]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

It all depends when is the Vaccine against Covid-19 is discovered or developed. All the sporting organizations can wait for another 2 -3 months for vaccine but if the vaccine is not developed in this time frame, then obviously they have to choose from different options because players and those sporting organization can't remain idle forever.

[LogitechMouse]

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

The average time frame of a cure for a new strain of a virus is 12-18 months and that is the fastest already. Some take more than 2 years to create a cure. Yes there are many scientists around the world right now who is creating virus and some of them are accepted already for clinical trials like the "Remdesivir" vaccine which is right now on trials.

The technology right now is upgraded so there is a possibility that creating a cure for this new strain will take lesser time. I just hope that they can create a vaccine as soon as possible.

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

It will depend on the situation of the country.

We saw USA starting to open some of the establishments for NBA players to train already so at least we some movements coming from the NBA.

Waiting for vaccine before opening is impossible. We saw some of the companies at loss especially in NBA and it is only one month that has passed. What if they will wait for more months or years before re-opening it? Waiting before reopening will greatly affect the economy of the country so I'm against to this.

Letter B is better for me. At least they will start slowly. Having one arena then at that place, all of the games will happen there for indoor games. For outdoor games like soccer or football, I think little to no audience is possible and a limited number of staffs. They will resume it in a place where there are low to no case rate.

[Vaculin]

It all depends when is the Vaccine against Covid-19 is discovered or developed. All the sporting organizations can wait for another 2 -3 months for vaccine but if the vaccine is not developed in this time frame, then obviously they have to choose from different options because players and those sporting organization can't remain idle forever.

They should start planning now because they can't expect a vaccine to be available this year. If they want to resume the sports the they better have a good plan on how to prevent the spread of the virus so the government will look into it and they will be given the approval.  Let's just say that it's the new normal of sports, no crowd because people are just watching on their homes, which is a good alternative then we remain bored as well.

[seleme]

According to WHO the vaccine invention can take from 6 months up to 2 years, it is still under the question the vaccine will be ready after 2 years. The Covid-19 is the current reason why markets decline and gambling business also suffers from a complex situation. I doubt the sports events will be the priority even if the vaccine becomes ready tomorrow.

[bitcoin31]

It's better if corona virus is already gone or everything is clear so people are safe to get that , I know many people are really wants this outbreaks ends so they can watch sports events and activites but we cannot do that because we are preventing spreading the virus to more people so our lives will back to normal after the lockdown better to wait maybe few months before they resume the events.

[btc_angela]

Plan b sound good to me, just put restrictions on it and we are good to go.

I know that fans are part of the sporting events, but for sure we all understand the current situation. And in order for our favourite sports to go on under the Covid-19 pandemic, there should be some trade-off that will affect us.

We can't just wait for the vaccine to be discovered, everyone is eager to see their sports to resume so the best and logical choice is plan b.

[UmerIdrees]

It all depends when is the Vaccine against Covid-19 is discovered or developed. All the sporting organizations can wait for another 2 -3 months for vaccine but if the vaccine is not developed in this time frame, then obviously they have to choose from different options because players and those sporting organization can't remain idle forever.

They should start planning now because they can't expect a vaccine to be available this year. If they want to resume the sports the they better have a good plan on how to prevent the spread of the virus so the government will look into it and they will be given the approval.  Let's just say that it's the new normal of sports, no crowd because people are just watching on their homes, which is a good alternative then we remain bored as well.

In start of March, when the covid-19 was not so severe, we had a few cricket matches of PSL being played in these crowd less stadiums in our country and it was even boring to watch. Match without crowd is as boring as like having no matches at all.

[onrise]

It's better if corona virus is already gone or everything is clear so people are safe to get that , I know many people are really wants this outbreaks ends so they can watch sports events and activites but we cannot do that because we are preventing spreading the virus to more people so our lives will back to normal after the lockdown better to wait maybe few months before they resume the events.

Everybody on earth requires this Virus to end as it has already destructed many economies of the world and billions of people life is already effected due to lockdown or very less sales as consumers itself is not sure if their job would remain in future or how the world could recover and how much time it will take to move back to normal life. This is really a daunting task and hope things get well soon before it becomes too late. Till then be it sports or gambling in casinos etc mostly have gone on hold for the time begin.

[arwin100]

It all depends when is the Vaccine against Covid-19 is discovered or developed. All the sporting organizations can wait for another 2 -3 months for vaccine but if the vaccine is not developed in this time frame, then obviously they have to choose from different options because players and those sporting organization can't remain idle forever.

They should start planning now because they can't expect a vaccine to be available this year. If they want to resume the sports the they better have a good plan on how to prevent the spread of the virus so the government will look into it and they will be given the approval.  Let's just say that it's the new normal of sports, no crowd because people are just watching on their homes, which is a good alternative then we remain bored as well.

In start of March, when the covid-19 was not so severe, we had a few cricket matches of PSL being played in these crowd less stadiums in our country and it was even boring to watch. Match without crowd is as boring as like having no matches at all.

Intensity is different since the crowd bring up the spirits in the game and seeing that really make me feel bored to, And I don't think its best to stop all activities for now while the vaccine is not created since we will make things worse and instead the government slowly controlled the incident the number will rise because of this negligence.

[aioc]

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

Sports events are losing a lot and they need some events to keep up, option number two is good and can be implemented a lot of dry runs should be done to attain success, and if we attain success in implementing this, then we can make it continuous events as long as the guidelines are strictly followed, we cannot let an industry like this die when we can have a proper way of implementing it.

[Clark05]

I hope the vaccine will develope so we can sure our health is safe from the coronavirus  because many people are scared and even me.
Once we have vaccine we can watch again sports events or we go to stadium without any doubt because vacinne will be there so we cannot get virus but cure is more good to see to develop.

[BitcoinTurk]

Unfortunately, during this pandemic process we experienced, all sports games such as football, basketball, tennis and similar had to be suspended temporarily. Unfortunately, the economic dimension of the event will have serious consequences. Various sources of income, such as fan income, betting income and advertising income in competitions, are officially gone. In addition, although we do not include it in our account, there is a serious loss from illegal betting and other similar things. It is clear that this situation will cause serious damage. My personal opinion is that from the next days, sports competitions should start again by taking the necessary precautions and assigning the maximum staff. We will see that transfers that will have a serious impact and will not be talked about in this year, probably due to this period where there is no sports competition. I hope the sports community will start again without any further shaking.

[bitbunnny]

Despite all the progress development of vaccine takes time. Testing to determine side effects and real efficiency take even more. Honestly, I don't think this will happen this year.
However, I think that some sport events will take place, no matter if there will be vaccine or not. Some countries have already made new sport events schedule. Of course, that is still very far from normal situations but better something than nothing at all.

[Eugenar]

The vaccine for this pandemic virus should be made before the sports betting because if the vaccine has not made yet before the sports betting then I think it won't happen, we should make our country free from the virus first before we go for it because if we're not still okay and the sports betting will still continue to proceed then the risk of spreading the virus would exist.

I know that we can still wait for the time that the virus has to give before the sports betting because we should be the ones who will kill the virus by staying at home. We can do some other things like online gambling so we can prevent the boredom as of this community quarantine.

If the spread of the virus is already fully contained in a particular country even before a vaccine is discovered, I think sports events could be opened for public viewing.  

No audience sports games under circumstances in which the transmission of the virus is still going on should not be allowed. Protecting the people by prohibiting them from attending live to such events while exposing the players to possible infection seems not right to me.

That should be what happened, we can continue the sports betting as long as there is no audience on those sports, we can each online at our home so we can still be able to do social distancing.

[fortunecrypto]

No tall sporting events can continue, contact sports is quite risky, the only sporting events that has a good chance to continue are those with lesser contact to their opponents like dart, chess and volleyball but boxing wrestling is risky but if they can come out a guidance and a restrictions and a full monitoring then they can proceed.

[Quidat]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

Neither of the two imho.

We do need the vaccine asap but we do know that this one do still have that indefinite timeframe on when this vaccine or cure would be available so we dont have any choice but to follow up
procedures to lessen the widespread or the situation becomes more worst with virus infection.

I do really understand why there are some who do really make such desperate moves as long they can able to make events yet they do know that this situation will surely fucked
up the entire economy if we dont do anything.We can proceed but with more stricter process since we know on what situation we are into.

[Rosilito]

I'll go with B too. Slowly resuming games/events with a limited number of individuals that can go. It would turn out tix or whatever pass needed to enter become a first come, first serve basis having a certain amount amount of people to accomodate while still following guidelines of the authorities, but before getting in, one must show no symptoms, temperature must be ain't nowhere near at risk of having a fever, and lastly ain't sick. It can be handle, in some many ways, events need to have strict rule to abide that would control viewers on maintaining distance to one another, and some conditions to at least avoid getting infected. This kind of conditions should only be allowed to a places with the least number of infected, best if it doesn't have any or a virus free due to number of recoveries, of course. The other problem here that should be look at and reassess, is those people who can't be measure by those materials if it is sick, or what and doesn't even show symptoms but carries the virus, in other words asymptomatic. It is still terrifying, since one slight of mistake on maintaining distance, or forgetting to cover faces when sneezing or coughing, touching someone or random thing, can lead to bringing someone's life near death, and that is the biggest dilemma whether to risk it or not. But anyway, if it were to insist on continuing the event, those thing I mentioned must be met. Otherwise, they would be in letter A.

[mindrust]

The sources I read say there won't be a vaccine. Never. Not a functioning one at least. Correct me If I am wrong but I recently read that there isn't a vaccine that works against RNA viruses yet. Not even one. If this information is true, we will have to wait for a loooong time.

I'd rather wait for a medicine.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

I'll go with B too. Slowly resuming games/events with a limited number of individuals that can go. It would turn out tix or whatever pass needed to enter become a first come, first serve basis having a certain amount amount of people to accomodate while still following guidelines of the authorities, but before getting in, one must show no symptoms, temperature must be ain't nowhere near at risk of having a fever, and lastly ain't sick. It can be handle, in some many ways, events need to have strict rule to abide that would control viewers on maintaining distance to one another, and some conditions to at least avoid getting infected. This kind of conditions should only be allowed to a places with the least number of infected, best if it doesn't have any or a virus free due to number of recoveries, of course. The other problem here that should be look at and reassess, is those people who can't be measure by those materials if it is sick, or what and doesn't even show symptoms but carries the virus, in other words asymptomatic. It is still terrifying, since one slight of mistake on maintaining distance, or forgetting to cover faces when sneezing or coughing, touching someone or random thing, can lead to bringing someone's life near death, and that is the biggest dilemma whether to risk it or not. But anyway, if it were to insist on continuing the event, those thing I mentioned must be met. Otherwise, they would be in letter A.

In my own opinion, B is a good choice that we slowly resume games and other events with a limited number of individuals and no audiences for entertainment and shows will continue. But there will still be some chances that the virus will continue to spread if we let other people to go outside or public places. So A is the best choice that we should really wait for the vaccine or the cure, even it would take for years because it the safest thing to do for the virus not to spread any longer and it would be good for doctors and nurses not to take care more patients.

[tsaroz]

The sources I read say there won't be a vaccine. Never. Not a functioning one at least. Correct me If I am wrong but I recently read that there isn't a vaccine that works against RNA viruses yet. Not even one. If this information is true, we will have to wait for a loooong time.

I'd rather wait for a medicine.

That's said mostly because virus keeps on morphing to new strain. Not every coronavirus around the world now are same and not a single vaccine would work for them. Vaccine is one of the multiple ways to contain it. Though such pandemic often controls itself as virus changes itself to a less severe form.

[Mumbeeptind1963]

The sources I read say there won't be a vaccine. Never. Not a functioning one at least. Correct me If I am wrong but I recently read that there isn't a vaccine that works against RNA viruses yet. Not even one. If this information is true, we will have to wait for a loooong time.

I'd rather wait for a medicine.

That's said mostly because virus keeps on morphing to new strain. Not every coronavirus around the world now are same and not a single vaccine would work for them. Vaccine is one of the multiple ways to contain it. Though such pandemic often controls itself as virus changes itself to a less severe form.

As from the news there are scientists from the different countries around the globe who are now creating their own vaccines for covid19 and simultaneously trying to apply for those covid patients and see if there is any progress or if they will be healed because of the vaccine. I hope that before this year ends, they have the vaccines to cure the patients.

[Nalbo]

The sources I read say there won't be a vaccine. Never. Not a functioning one at least. Correct me If I am wrong but I recently read that there isn't a vaccine that works against RNA viruses yet. Not even one. If this information is true, we will have to wait for a loooong time.

I'd rather wait for a medicine.

That's said mostly because virus keeps on morphing to new strain. Not every coronavirus around the world now are same and not a single vaccine would work for them. Vaccine is one of the multiple ways to contain it. Though such pandemic often controls itself as virus changes itself to a less severe form.

As from the news there are scientists from the different countries around the globe who are now creating their own vaccines for covid19 and simultaneously trying to apply for those covid patients and see if there is any progress or if they will be healed because of the vaccine. I hope that before this year ends, they have the vaccines to cure the patients.

Vaccines don't cure patients. Vaccines are for the healthy people so that they'd be resistant against the viral infection. Every individuals needs to be vaccinated and we also needs better medicine but still we would need to limit social contact for at least the whole of 2020 to be completely free of this virus.

[verita1]

The Coronavirus is a reality that we are facing. Medical specialists see the holding of the Olympic Games in 2021 as unavoidable without a Coronavirus vaccine.
As far as we know, scientists are working hard to get an effective vaccine as soon as possible.

As we cannot stop for a long time, the countries that are overcoming the crisis are opening their economies under strict hygiene measures, social distancing, and the use of masks. The return will not be the same, we must be cautious, take care of our health and that of others.

[jademaxsuy]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

[stadus]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

Maybe we can just based on what will be the reaction of the US in this crisis we are at now.

For sure they are also thinking of the ways to resume boxing events despite of the pandemic that is going on, if the US which has been heavily affected by the virus will be able to host a boxing event, then other countries can certainly do the same,  provided they have some safety measures too.

[Janation]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

I don't think they would risk it like that.

Despite the low infection of the country, I don't think they will be allowing sports events to continue or take place unless it is an event they can do online like esports. If they will be doing a sports event, they are just making the infection rare higher and that would also mean that it will increase people infected. Always remember that there are asymptomatic cases.

[MCobian]

Indeed the best option is to wait for the vaccine to be found, it's the safest choice in my opinion. But the problem is we don't know when
the vaccine is can be found. Waiting too long will be dangerous, because the sports industry will die. That means there is no other choice,
we must not keep silent. We must dare to take risks, all sports must be opened and started again. Of course by still obeying convid-19
protocol. As there is no crowd, always keep a distance, and exercise equipment spray disinfectant regularly.

[Oasisman]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

I don't think they would risk it like that.

Despite the low infection of the country, I don't think they will be allowing sports events to continue or take place unless it is an event they can do online like esports. If they will be doing a sports event, they are just making the infection rare higher and that would also mean that it will increase people infected. Always remember that there are asymptomatic cases.

The NBA was planning for a resume, infact some of the facilities has been prepared to be use.
It's not impossible to resume if they will impose a strict preemptive health security measures, like prohibiting the players and staff to go out from the facility until the season ends or if the pandemic finds its cure. Of course, they will play without the crowd, just the live cameras.

But, also before resuming they still need to re-test everyone just to make sure they are all cleared upon playing to avoid the corona spread in the league.

[bittraffic]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

I don't think they would risk it like that.

Despite the low infection of the country, I don't think they will be allowing sports events to continue or take place unless it is an event they can do online like esports. If they will be doing a sports event, they are just making the infection rare higher and that would also mean that it will increase people infected. Always remember that there are asymptomatic cases.

The NBA was planning for a resume, infact some of the facilities has been prepared to be use.
It's not impossible to resume if they will impose a strict preemptive health security measures, like prohibiting the players and staff to go out from the facility until the season ends or if the pandemic finds its cure. Of course, they will play without the crowd, just the live cameras.

But, also before resuming they still need to re-test everyone just to make sure they are all cleared upon playing to avoid the corona spread in the league.

I guess we can bet again when NBA resume. Its never easy without ball games to watch. The association will have to impose strict security for it, those athletes are insured worth millions, the insurance companies would have to really have to exclude covid infect in their policies.

UFC is also resuming but just as things had changed, we might be seeing more PPV fees to also rise.

[stomachgrowls]

The answer depends on your situation like if a country is heavily infected by coronavirus or there aren't much covid-19 infected person in your country then the sports can be continued since the country have less infected people. Even if creating the vaccine will take months or year but the blood of the infected people who recovered from the virus can ve used to create plasma and will help those who got infected to recover.

I don't think they would risk it like that.

Despite the low infection of the country, I don't think they will be allowing sports events to continue or take place unless it is an event they can do online like esports. If they will be doing a sports event, they are just making the infection rare higher and that would also mean that it will increase people infected. Always remember that there are asymptomatic cases.

The NBA was planning for a resume, infact some of the facilities has been prepared to be use.
It's not impossible to resume if they will impose a strict preemptive health security measures, like prohibiting the players and staff to go out from the facility until the season ends or if the pandemic finds its cure. Of course, they will play without the crowd, just the live cameras.

But, also before resuming they still need to re-test everyone just to make sure they are all cleared upon playing to avoid the corona spread in the league.

I guess we can bet again when NBA resume. Its never easy without ball games to watch. The association will have to impose strict security for it, those athletes are insured worth millions, the insurance companies would have to really have to exclude covid infect in their policies.

UFC is also resuming but just as things had changed, we might be seeing more PPV fees to also rise.

It would really impact PPV price which is understandable because theres no other way around to generate income but lets hope that it would be still affordable for anybody to watch.
They should really impose strict measures to check everything from players to staffs etc. The hard thing here is that there were asymptomatic person which is really hard to be detected
unless if it gets tested thats why all people included in the organization should really have that check up first before they can go in to the venue on where the games would be
prepared on.We can deal that new way of basketball where theres no crowd,as long we can able to watch our idols to play once again.

[Janation]

It would really impact PPV price which is understandable because theres no other way around to generate income but lets hope that it would be still affordable for anybody to watch.
They should really impose strict measures to check everything from players to staffs etc. The hard thing here is that there were asymptomatic person which is really hard to be detected
unless if it gets tested thats why all people included in the organization should really have that check up first before they can go in to the venue on where the games would be
prepared on.We can deal that new way of basketball where theres no crowd,as long we can able to watch our idols to play once again.

THat is what Im thinking.

There are those cases that can't be identified immediately unless being tested. These cases are not that obvious and considering their body, they are strong enough to be almost immune to this virus and have just asymptomatic cases. They might be able to play with just themselves in there but they should also consider that they will be flying their players into risky places, there are a lot of things they would consider to push this through.

[onrise]

I personally feel that for any such big events till the time the vaccine is not prepared and trial and tested the big events will either gets postponed or will be cancelled. Nobody will be ready to take risks of their life just to put the shown on. May be if conducted may not receive that participation that would have otherwise in normal time.

[LogitechMouse]

I hope the vaccine will develope so we can sure our health is safe from the coronavirus  because many people are scared and even me.
Once we have vaccine we can watch again sports events or we go to stadium without any doubt because vacinne will be there so we cannot get virus but cure is more good to see to develop.

A vaccine will be developed and I'm 100% sure for that. The only question right now is "WHEN" will the vaccine be available to the public. There is a anti viral drug called "Remdesivir" that has been approved on Japan already and it is on the clinical trials already. They are testing it to some patients.

In case of the sports events, there are some countries who can host some sports activities since they have low to no case of COVID19 but still there must be a precautionary measure before conducting it. Vaccine will be available in public but we will wait at least the second half of the year to 2021.

[Twinkledoe]

I personally feel that for any such big events till the time the vaccine is not prepared and trial and tested the big events will either gets postponed or will be cancelled. Nobody will be ready to take risks of their life just to put the shown on. May be if conducted may not receive that participation that would have otherwise in normal time.

Sports events that usually draw big crowd should be planned meticulously if ever the handler of the event decides to push thru even without the vaccine available. But it is best to hold the event without audience and just do the PPV stuff if they really do want to hold the match. Also, the medicine to cure the infected individuals is still on trial, so it is really not smart to hold the sports event in the next coming months. If possible, wait for the health authorities to at least identify the effective set of medicines that can cure the mild-severe infected patients.

[stadus]

Also, the medicine to cure the infected individuals is still on trial, so it is really not smart to hold the sports event in the next coming months. If possible, wait for the health authorities to at least identify the effective set of medicines that can cure the mild-severe infected patients.

And if the cure is found or the vaccine will be discovered, do you think they will be able to reproduce it right away?
No, therefore the sports organizers or promoters can't wait until the vaccine is created for them to resume, they will have to or their business will die.

[pilosopotasyo]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

The sporting industry should find a way to make their business move because so many families are relying on this business, we can't just let it die just like that without giving a fight, they can do strict social distancing to their audiences and pick a place where there is less number of infected and follow strict guidelines and compliance.

[ShowOff]

And if the cure is found or the vaccine will be discovered, do you think they will be able to reproduce it right away?
No, therefore the sports organizers or promoters can't wait until the vaccine is created for them to resume, they will have to or their business will die.

Continuing with full consideration is what the sports industry will do now to keep their business moving. Didnt think they would wait for the vaccine to be made and reproduced and now we will wait for the season to continue with strict protocols for all the players and everyone involved in it.

[LTU_btc]

I'm very sceptical about stopping sports events until vaccine will be found. It may took 1 or 2 year until it will be found. I don't think that we can keep everything closed for so long. And it's not just about sports, it's about all events in general who were stopped now. IMO, waiting for vaccine isn't viable solution. Even if it will be found, question how effective it will be. Because it's very likely that until they will make vaccine, virus will simply mutate and vaccine will not work. And I doubt that all athletes, staff, spectators who are going to watch competition around the world will get vaccine. Some are even anti-vaxers, like Novak Djokovic and they won't accept this vaccine .
I think we will have to return to normal life step by step. First playing without spectators, like some leagues already starting. Then, allowing limited number of spectators to enter. And if there will be no spread of virus, they can lift most of restrictions.

[Sadlife]

Option B is possible but quite dangerous as well even in our country some hospital has been infected of the  virus due to some patients laying about their travel history and condition and some unknowingly carry's the disease.

So i'd go with option A, wait for a vaccine. Sport events can resume after that rather than option B endangering the players.

[acroman08]

although letter A would be the best choice between the two. but letter B is the most realistic one. these sports coordinators will have no choice but to continue even if strict rules are implemented and I expect them to provide safety precaution for every audience that will be watching the sport live at the venue. my only thought is what type of sport will be allowed to do this? I don't expect every sport that has a sporting event will be allowed to do this even with strict precautions.

[pakhitheboss]

although letter A would be the best choice between the two. but letter B is the most realistic one. these sports coordinators will have no choice but to continue even if strict rules are implemented and I expect them to provide safety precaution for every audience that will be watching the sport live at the venue. my only thought is what type of sport will be allowed to do this? I don't expect every sport that has a sporting event will be allowed to do this even with strict precautions.

South Korea has already started using the option B.

South Korean K league football tournament has already started with zero spectators. Yesterday they had played a match. So it is evident that a vaccine may not come this year. Therefore people have to live with the virus now and gradually lockdown has to be removed.

[reliable]

Option B is looking good in such scenario but yes if in some sports due to this we find some positive cases develop among people under such circumstances inspite of having such restrictions then it will lead to the bigger issue and then again the curb will come into place.

[KrisAlex18]

We should wait until this pandemic virus has gone before we go for the sports betting because if we are going to go on that even even though the pandemic virus is still existing, there would be a high possiblity thst you would get the virus because of many people and you would not be able to follow the social distancing. The sports betting can take place buy make sure that there would be no audience on the place and there would be an online streaming so the gambling can still bet even though they are home.
They should mind the health and the danger of having an audience in the event.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I do not think that it is possible to discover and test the vaccine for covid-19 will be so soon. If we look at any epidemics in the past, we will see that it took many years to find a vaccine for any epidemic, you know that many vaccines for epidemic virus have not been discovered yet. So instead of waiting for the vaccine, we should start sports event according to some rules. we can start sports event with a limited number of spectators and limited staff and must follow general rules such as using sanitizer, not shaking hands, maintaining physical distance etc.
I don't know how others will accept it. This is my personal opinion.

[Twinkledoe]

Also, the medicine to cure the infected individuals is still on trial, so it is really not smart to hold the sports event in the next coming months. If possible, wait for the health authorities to at least identify the effective set of medicines that can cure the mild-severe infected patients.

And if the cure is found or the vaccine will be discovered, do you think they will be able to reproduce it right away?
No, therefore the sports organizers or promoters can't wait until the vaccine is created for them to resume, they will have to or their business will die.

What I was trying to say here, is at least wait for the health authorities to pinpoint the effective medicines that can cure those infected ones, because I understand waiting for the vaccine will really take time. I understand that sports events should push thru as soon as they have clearance from the government but they should know the possible repercussions and they should be at least ready for it. We may be talking years of waiting for the vaccine to be released and available for public use so that's really not a solution to push thru sports events. Extreme precautions and identified effective medicine maybe our weapon to fight this battle for the next coming months.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Please enlighten me. An effective vaccine against COVID 19 is at least 12 to 18 months away. So is the OP suggesting to cancel whatever sports events that are scheduled for this year and the next year? We need to accept the reality. COVD 19 will be here for at least a few more years. What we need to do is to manage our own daily routine accordingly. Staying at home for the next 18 months may not be practical for most of us.

[xSkylarx]

It might take some time before vaccine might ba made, and I believe sport events can't wait that long or they will have to make adjustments for them to resume. It is either they will proceed with an event with only participants and staff on the venue and they will only be available for viewing via telecast or with limited viewers.

[Mahanton]

It might take some time before vaccine might ba made, and I believe sport events can't wait that long or they will have to make adjustments for them to resume. It is either they will proceed with an event with only participants and staff on the venue and they will only be available for viewing via telecast or with limited viewers.

For limited viewers then most probably it would really be that some sort of vip's on which tickets would really be expensive.This is possible but it would really need take a lot of measures
before they can step in into the venue.Im not really that agree into this idea but in concern that if this pandemic will still continue for months or even years then its just really right that
they resume up fights or games because this industry would really be good as dead if it will further be postponed or stopped.It do need revenue not only benefiting the organization or players
but also it is important when it comes to taxation or into the economic side of things.

[ethereumhunter]

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

I think option B will be the way for the sports event to resume in this middle of the pandemic, and yes, it might be no audience as you said so that people can watch the even from their home. But the promoter needs to give protection to all people in those events so they can resume the event without afraid of the virus.

The vaccine itself still tested on some samples, but we don't know how long the vaccine can be given to people who get infected.

[ERKO20]

See what a thing.

The virus mutates and there is already research that the virus in the States and the virus in Europe are completely different viruses.

Many famous athletes are already starting to give up competition if they are forced to make a vaccine.

Therefore, I think we all need to wait and take precautions.

[ShowOff]

We should wait until this pandemic virus has gone before we go for the sports betting because if we are going to go on that even even though the pandemic virus is still existing,

No, you can bet if the competition starts again in the next few weeks and everyone does not need to wait until this pandemic disappears.

The sports betting can take place buy make sure that there would be no audience on the place and there would be an online streaming so the gambling can still bet even though they are home.
They should mind the health and the danger of having an audience in the event.

No audience is an attempt made to minimize the spread of the virus. They can watch it with family at home or anywhere and gamblers can bet through online sites.

Although we know that there will be different perceptions about the decision to continue the competition, but I dont think and might also disagree if the sporting event has to wait for the vaccine to start again. The decision to restart the competition I think has been preceded by a variety of considerations both for players, staff, club management as well as for the sports fans themselves. So I dont think that this business has to wait for vaccines. If the competition starts, then our awareness of ourselves must be increased to stay safe.

[suvo05]

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

I think option B will be the way for the sports event to resume in this middle of the pandemic, and yes, it might be no audience as you said so that people can watch the even from their home. But the promoter needs to give protection to all people in those events so they can resume the event without afraid of the virus.

The vaccine itself still tested on some samples, but we don't know how long the vaccine can be given to people who get infected.

All the scientists around the globe are working day and night for the vaccine. I hope that they will come with a vaccine/cure process very soon. But experts say that a vaccine needs times to develop, it could have terrible side effects. In particular, to measure the side effects, it needs a fair amount of time. It is also quite possible that scientists failed to make any vaccine for it in the near future. There are lots of diseases like HIV, hepatitis C and more which are decades old but still have not any vaccine.
So the question is how long world can afford for a vaccine. I think we need to resume it slowly with proper precautions.

[Ryker1]

[snip]
So the question is how long world can afford for a vaccine. I think we need to resume it slowly with proper precautions.

Well, that is it. We all want the vaccine so everything may go back to normal but I will choose option [ b. ] because people in the sporting event needs to work as well for their living. Perhaps not be the same as before but still it may help not only the all staff and athletes, the players to start earning but also other employees as well that are being paid per game and to mention sports bettors may start to do betting again, --but with enhancing restriction for the safety of all the people involved in the sports events. But it will still be better if the vaccine is created the soonest possible time for a sure safety and health of everyone in the game but delaying it until the vaccine is created it may only cause starvation to them, perhaps it will result of no food to be prepared on the table.

[South Park]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

It will depend on the sport and its popularity, there are sports that are so popular all around the world like soccer that the most famous leagues can afford to play without any audience and still generate profits due to the television rights and the increased viewership they will get due to the lockdown, but there are many other sports and leagues that are not that popular and they need people to attend to their events to be profitable and as such those sports should not resume their activities so quickly.

[harizen]

Let's face the reality. The world can't afford to wait for long for sports events to come back. The vaccine is a must but it doesn't mean they will wait for a 100% completion for this before returning back. I'm not saying back to its usual but at least, slowly developing while waiting for the vaccine.

The creation of a vaccine is serious. It's not a joke. And the sensitive part, it was made in rush. Risky to just test it right away to person even the result is good. It needs more tests. I admire our experts around the globe for making that happen as soon as possible.

I'm with Letter A but looking at the reality, it will not happen. There is no shortcut for the creation of the vaccine. Take note also of the production limit and the cost. Even let's say tomorrow, there will be a vaccine, the distribution of it will take time. Much better to have strict regulations instead for businesses to follow once they come back, including the sports industry.

[cabron]

Right now its seem like option B is what is happening. UFC and some other sports like boxing were held. They gradually resume because the love for sports is much greater than the risks. 

When you are in your house for several days without doing anything but browsing the youtube, its gets boring that you need to watch something new like some ballgames or boxing.

[btc_angela]

I personally feel that for any such big events till the time the vaccine is not prepared and trial and tested the big events will either gets postponed or will be cancelled. Nobody will be ready to take risks of their life just to put the shown on. May be if conducted may not receive that participation that would have otherwise in normal time.

There are sports that slowly getting back on their feet, so I guess players are willing to take that risk because of the love of the sports. And as far as the vaccine, it will really take some time to develop. So instead of just sitting it out, many sport governing bodies is going to continue with restrictions as I have said. They can show the sports on TV, maybe do a pay-per-view or something. At least we should see sports evolved in this crisis.

[Renampun]

I'm with choice B...
it's impossible to wait until the end of this year or next year to restart a soccer match, the losses will be huge, the match can still be done without an audience, so every sports lover still has a reason to stay at home, that is watching a sports match.

[ethereumhunter]

All the scientists around the globe are working day and night for the vaccine. I hope that they will come with a vaccine/cure process very soon. But experts say that a vaccine needs times to develop, it could have terrible side effects. In particular, to measure the side effects, it needs a fair amount of time. It is also quite possible that scientists failed to make any vaccine for it in the near future. There are lots of diseases like HIV, hepatitis C and more which are decades old but still have not any vaccine.
So the question is how long world can afford for a vaccine. I think we need to resume it slowly with proper precautions.

I believe that the scientist will found the vaccine to cure people infected from the virus. The scientist needs to test the vaccine before they give the vaccine to the people because the scientist needs to make sure that it really works for them.

I think the world will survive until scientists can found the vaccine, and the world will find how they can struggle in hard situations like this. People itself still trying to stay at home and still survive because they believe that they can help the government to reduce the infected people from the virus.

[peter0425]

All the scientists around the globe are working day and night for the vaccine. I hope that they will come with a vaccine/cure process very soon. But experts say that a vaccine needs times to develop, it could have terrible side effects. In particular, to measure the side effects, it needs a fair amount of time. It is also quite possible that scientists failed to make any vaccine for it in the near future. There are lots of diseases like HIV, hepatitis C and more which are decades old but still have not any vaccine.
So the question is how long world can afford for a vaccine. I think we need to resume it slowly with proper precautions.

I believe that the scientist will found the vaccine to cure people infected from the virus. The scientist needs to test the vaccine before they give the vaccine to the people because the scientist needs to make sure that it really works for them.

of course they will find a vaccine but the thing is when?this is not getting better as the virus is coming back and bringing second waves.

I think the world will survive until scientists can found the vaccine, and the world will find how they can struggle in hard situations like this. People itself still trying to stay at home and still survive because they believe that they can help the government to reduce the infected people from the virus.

survive?yes the world will but the damage?this is what the main concern here as the longer this virus are affecting the world is the worst the economy brings.

[Shasha80]

If we have to wait for the vaccine to be found there will be no certainty in time. The current vaccine is still in the testing stage,
the possibility of a vaccine can be found later this year or early next year from the news that I read on the internet. In my opinion
the second best choice, we can restart sports events. With several considerations, as required follow the health protocol, there are
no spectators at the venue, and keep a distance between the reserve players and staff. If the provisions are obeyed, then the match
in this pandemic corona crisis will be safe and run smoothly.

[Bajank]

We all know that the vaccine for Covid-19 virus has not yet been found and is still being tested in the laboratory, maybe all countries until now it is still a mystery and the question can be obtained at any time for this covid-19 vaccine so that to prevent transmission of all sports there is no audience and players must care about health

[kikukk]

for the time being sports such as soccer are no longer in place there are no official matches announced by world sports before the world problem VIRUS COVID-19 can be resolved, because the world has not found a drug or vaccine that is effective for this covid-19 virus

[sportbettor]

In fact, the resumption of European national championships depends only on the decisions of countrys leaders. In Belarus, for example, the national football championship is successfully continuing. Moreover, attending matches for spectators is allowed there without any restrictions. And this, apparently, does not create any additional problems in this country, despite the wide spread of coronavirus.

[fiulpro]

Unfortunately one cannot do either 1 or 2 entirely.
I do think limited sport Events would be allowed eventually so that one is able to give a push to the economy. But unfortunately Corona virus can spread even if the person is standing in the same room as you and the ventilation is not proper plus you have been there since 10+ minutes.
Maybe people should be allowed to play wearing the PPE , personal protective equipments , but the only games they would be able to play in the arena would be the ones requiring mind rather than physical attributes.
Therefore I do think even if the government allows the ones who are actually in the line with gambling won't happen that soon . We have to wait for a year the least for the vaccination to come and 1 year again for the vaccination to work , therefore I do not think this can be expected that soon.

[KTChampions]

This is a difficult question since sport is not just entertainment but actually a branch of the economy. And this industry is no less important than industry. I think there is no way to endlessly wait for some kind of complete "salvation", it is necessary to gradually launch the entire economy with the necessary precautions. And sporting events must also resume.

[verita1]

We know that scientists around the world are working hard to develop the Covid vaccine. On the other hand, the world's rulers are under pressure to reopen their economies to at least half their capacity. To prevent the spread of the virus or a second wave of infection.
What is happening in the US is worrying. Today, Dr.Fauci will speaks to the Senate: That the early reopening of the economy risks "Needless suffering and death. "

https://twitter.com/SherylNYT/status/1260045720603832321

[Negotiation]

No one has yet discovered a vaccine against Covid-19 China the world's most developed country also failed to invent a vaccine for the disease Not just sports but all kinds of everything in the world is off the industrial business. However, some control of the situation will actually open up sports and all sports industries Everything has come under control economically and the risks have been reduced a lot If the vaccine is not ready it will take some time to start the game again.

[Lorence.xD]

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

This is the best option for me and I think that many sports fan will agree, personally this is the biggest stake I will bet on because in my opinion it is better to be safe than sorry. The virus is a serious threat and having the people getting vaccinated for it will be a big help in the long run.

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

If organizers were to resume sporting events, this will cause an influx of people gathering in mass causing an extension in infection to increase because there is a virus that went to the event and unknowingly infected people. Making conditions that were mentioned above will be ineffective because no matter the measure they will take, and no matter how tight the security is, there will be people who will slip the cracks and mistakes will be committed. In my opinion, limiting the number of people watching the sporting event is a loss for the organizer because there will be lesser ticket sales and tv broadcast is not enough for sports.

[Zeke_23]

It is really hard to choose between the two.
For option a, we can wait for the vaccine but the economy of the whole world will fall. People will suffer in the end while keeping the security of our health.

For option b, the whole government will not be able to minimize the spreading of the virus. We can continue our daily activities, slowly going back to normal, the economy will be saved but the risk of having the virus is high.

But in the end, I prefer to choose the first one. It is better to have secured health than risking it with my family.

[Genemind]

It will still depend on the number of cases. As for me, it will be hard to put lots of lives at risk just to pursue sports events.
I'm sure that it won't take years before they discover the vaccine for this virus so it is better to have an assurance first. They should wait for the vaccine first than pursuing events amid the virus treat. They must consider health and safety first.

[ethereumhunter]

All the scientists around the globe are working day and night for the vaccine. I hope that they will come with a vaccine/cure process very soon. But experts say that a vaccine needs times to develop, it could have terrible side effects. In particular, to measure the side effects, it needs a fair amount of time. It is also quite possible that scientists failed to make any vaccine for it in the near future. There are lots of diseases like HIV, hepatitis C and more which are decades old but still have not any vaccine.
So the question is how long world can afford for a vaccine. I think we need to resume it slowly with proper precautions.

I believe that the scientist will found the vaccine to cure people infected from the virus. The scientist needs to test the vaccine before they give the vaccine to the people because the scientist needs to make sure that it really works for them.

of course they will find a vaccine but the thing is when?this is not getting better as the virus is coming back and bringing second waves.

We don't know the time when the vaccine will be available, and we can only wait for that news. I am sure the scientist still working hard to find the vaccine. We need to trust them that still test so many vaccines before they can find the right formula while we can still stay at home.

I think the world will survive until scientists can found the vaccine, and the world will find how they can struggle in hard situations like this. People itself still trying to stay at home and still survive because they believe that they can help the government to reduce the infected people from the virus.

survive?yes the world will but the damage?this is what the main concern here as the longer this virus are affecting the world is the worst the economy brings.

The damage will be over by itself because the world has the time to recover the damage. With we are staying at home, you can see the pollutant in many countries has reduced and that gives the world to recover from the damage. And for the people, they will have the time to survive in the hardest situations while we still waiting for the vaccine.

[SacriFries11]

We still don't know when the vaccine will be available, scientists do their best to secure and deliver it as soon as possible. We should need to consider the facts that if sports will continue there might again some cases of virus. We should also consider the safety of the players as well, I know a lot of people will also disagree if the players will take the game  while they also know that someone have already the carrier of the virus. I'll go for the option A to secure all possibilities that it might not spread any longer even it takes a lot of time.

[GDragon]

It is much safer to choose option A. It will be a much safer if there's already a vaccine in circulation. However, I can accept option B with certain conditions. The country should already have flatten the curve and slowly coming back to normal. And just like what you've said, no audience. Additional to that, they should prioritize the safety of the players too. How can the league ensures that their players are all covid free? Some sports are physical. One player who has the virus can infect other players. One scenario is testing of the players every single day or every other day.

[DoublerHunter]

~snip~
It is much safer to choose option A.

^ I respect your perception but sorry I oppose it because I choose the letter "B". This option will be my choice for the people in sports events needs to earn as well though it will be risky for them with extreme safety measures that will be implemented and players would agree in the situation then they should start the season. We probably think that this is only beneficial to the sports broker but given a chance employees of other industries will take all the risk to earn for their family regardless if the vaccine is not created yet, same as with the sports organization they just only want to give earnings to the people who work for their games. Nevertheless, the vaccines will really be the best solution once it is created then everything may go back to normal.

[Casdinyard]

It is really hard to choose between the two.
For option a, we can wait for the vaccine but the economy of the whole world will fall. People will suffer in the end while keeping the security of our health.

For option b, the whole government will not be able to minimize the spreading of the virus. We can continue our daily activities, slowly going back to normal, the economy will be saved but the risk of having the virus is high.

But in the end, I prefer to choose the first one. It is better to have secured health than risking it with my family.

Yeah, that's why every government is now in dilemma, and we cannot really suggests what they should be doing right now, what we can do best is just to stay home to avoid getting sick to add patient in the hospital. This is also why the mayor in Las Vegas is planning to reopen business in her town coz she is worried about their economy because private business is what makes her town lively. On the sad part, doctors and scientist might take longer to find the vaccine on the virus, some says that it will be found later than 6 months.

[ene1980]

This is also why the mayor in Las Vegas is planning to reopen business in her town coz she is worried about their economy because private business is what makes her town lively. On the sad part, doctors and scientist might take longer to find the vaccine on the virus, some says that it will be found later than 6 months.

If they could test everyone and restrict people from other states and only allow them after a complete check up and if they can take precautions of that sort then they can open the business. Recently UFC put an event together and it was a success as they test each and everyone taking part in the event and one of the fighters tested positive along with his coaching staff and they quarantined them.

If precautions and testing can be done in a proper manner then they can restart the business knowing that everyone is safe and tested.

[KTChampions]

It is really hard to choose between the two.
For option a, we can wait for the vaccine but the economy of the whole world will fall. People will suffer in the end while keeping the security of our health.

For option b, the whole government will not be able to minimize the spreading of the virus. We can continue our daily activities, slowly going back to normal, the economy will be saved but the risk of having the virus is high.

But in the end, I prefer to choose the first one. It is better to have secured health than risking it with my family.

The problem with option A is that there is no guarantee that the vaccine will be created. How many years have scientists been looking for an AIDS vaccine? And there may also be a situation like with the flu virus that mutates every year and the old vaccine no longer works for it. For these two reasons, I consider option A to be completely unrealistic.

[Stedsm]

There can literally be no such vaccine that could remove this virus from our body completely, what will be here is a newly developed immune system of humans where our bodies will be able to fight with this pandemic by becoming so immune. The current treatment of isolation looks much more promising rather than going for vaccine tests.

[7788bitcoin]

There can literally be no such vaccine that could remove this virus from our body completely, what will be here is a newly developed immune system of humans where our bodies will be able to fight with this pandemic by becoming so immune. The current treatment of isolation looks much more promising rather than going for vaccine tests.

What is the magic recipe to have a better immune system, everyone is preaching about isolation, mask, washing your hands and all the fancy stuffs but no one is advising about how to improve the immune system. One thing you need to understand is that no economy will survive without functioning and you cannot isolate everyone for a longer period of time as the virus will be here for a longer period of time than anticipated before.

[milewilda]

There can literally be no such vaccine that could remove this virus from our body completely, what will be here is a newly developed immune system of humans where our bodies will be able to fight with this pandemic by becoming so immune. The current treatment of isolation looks much more promising rather than going for vaccine tests.

What is the magic recipe to have a better immune system, everyone is preaching about isolation, mask, washing your hands and all the fancy stuffs but no one is advising about how to improve the immune system. One thing you need to understand is that no economy will survive without functioning and you cannot isolate everyone for a longer period of time as the virus will be here for a longer period of time than anticipated before.

But it wont really be the same into that 1918 pandemic where it takes 2-3 years before it completely gone and they didnt able to make a vaccine with that.We cant be sure if this one would end up on the same situation or
would really need to invent or make that vaccine asap.
When we do compare about immune system then i would say that people who lived in the past have much more stronger immune system. Why? they have much better lifestyle in terms of food and some sort compared nowadays where people are not minding much when it comes to nutritional intake aspects. This might be little bit off-topic but this one isnt bad to mentioned on.
In the talks of sport resume then we would need that vaccine first before anything goes back to normal because its hard to implement standards when actions are very limited.

[ralle14]

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

I'm not sure if everyone could wait longer than a few months because like what they've mentioned there's no actual date, for now we only have estimations that could be pushed back depending on the progression of the researchers.

Both options have pros and cons but in the situation of sports i'll go with B as long as they're given the go signal to continue the matches. Some of the leagues only have 1/4 of the season left so why not let them finish since it won't take that long.

[LogitechMouse]

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

This is a no no for me. If the government will just wait for the vaccine to come in their country, the economy will be heavily battered and it will be a huge problem for them.

That is why most of the governments around the world are slowly opening some of the establishments in some places in their country that aren't affected by the virus so that at least there is a cash flow for the workers and employees. Some of the big companies worldwide are already at a loss because they can't work and they can't get a revenue at all. In this first quarter, most if not all of the huge companies have a negative percentage of income compare to last year because of the virus and that is huge for them. They can't afford to wait for the virus to be gone and after that they will back to business.

Some of the establishments can open already especially for the places who have little to no cases of COVID19 in some places.

[ethereumhunter]

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

I'm not sure if everyone could wait longer than a few months because like what they've mentioned there's no actual date, for now we only have estimations that could be pushed back depending on the progression of the researchers.

Both options have pros and cons but in the situation of sports i'll go with B as long as they're given the go signal to continue the matches. Some of the leagues only have 1/4 of the season left so why not let them finish since it won't take that long.

That is what we can do right now and in the next months because the government still fight on Coronavirus. I only hope that the government will think about their people and not just focus on how to cure the infected people.

The government can allow the sports to continue the tournament as long as they can give protection to people who want to watch the tournament closely. I am sure that many people want to go to the stadium because they are bored to stay at their home at this moment. And that can be another entertainment for them too.

is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

I am sure the world can afford to wait for that vaccine. The world making a recovery from the polutions that is already happen from a long time ago.

This is a no no for me. If the government will just wait for the vaccine to come in their country, the economy will be heavily battered and it will be a huge problem for them.

That is why most of the governments around the world are slowly opening some of the establishments in some places in their country that aren't affected by the virus so that at least there is a cash flow for the workers and employees. Some of the big companies worldwide are already at a loss because they can't work and they can't get a revenue at all. In this first quarter, most if not all of the huge companies have a negative percentage of income compare to last year because of the virus and that is huge for them. They can't afford to wait for the virus to be gone and after that they will back to business.

Some of the establishments can open already especially for the places who have little to no cases of COVID19 in some places.

No, I guess the government is not waiting for the virus because they already work with the health company in their country to get the vaccine.

If the government is slowly opening some of the company in their country, they will be careful to permit them, and if they don't have standard security and health, maybe they won't allow them to run their business. Many of the companies lost much money as their income because they can not produce as usual, but I believe that soon, everything will be back normal.

[Clark05]

We still don't know when the vaccine will be available, scientists do their best to secure and deliver it as soon as possible. We should need to consider the facts that if sports will continue there might again some cases of virus. We should also consider the safety of the players as well, I know a lot of people will also disagree if the players will take the game  while they also know that someone have already the carrier of the virus. I'll go for the option A to secure all possibilities that it might not spread any longer even it takes a lot of time.

Everyone safefy is very important now other things is better to postponed because they have the right time for that I know many of us are really want to see again the gambling activities but it is not the right time we should wait more months to be clear that there is no cases of the covid19 but I hope they can really develop a vaccine for so people will not scared anymore.

[matchi2011]

It is much safer to choose option A. It will be a much safer if there's already a vaccine in circulation. However, I can accept option B with certain conditions. The country should already have flatten the curve and slowly coming back to normal. And just like what you've said, no audience. Additional to that, they should prioritize the safety of the players too. How can the league ensures that their players are all covid free? Some sports are physical. One player who has the virus can infect other players. One scenario is testing of the players every single day or every other day.

Testing each players can avoid the chance of spreading the virus. If this can be perform every time there are games to play, even it cause more but the safety of every people involve are very important. To those who will facilitate the game they needed to adjust to make sure that they are doing all the best that they can in order to prevent people to be infected and avoid also the spread of this virus.

[Question123]

Vaccine is not already official because yes they have a lot of scientist who are making the vaccine so people will be safe to the virus so they did not get infected but because there is no proven vaccine until now I think we still newd to stay at home even the lockdown is end and about sports events it is not good idea to continue it or open again because what if people go to the place where they have sports activities and they are crowded the chances of getting sick is high.

[Gotumoot]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

I would go for A we need to secure everything first before starting over again.
Of course plan B is also acceptable but there would always be a risk not only for the athletes but also for the staff who would work just to continue some events.

[chaser15]

I understand the sentiment of the others about Choosing A but are you willing to just see the world like this, waiting for unknown, without a specific timeline when the vaccine will be made? The effect of no-business can result in an economic loss as it plays a big role in every country. The effect might be as heavy as what the pandemic virus brings if the situation will last for several months or years.

I also like A but seeing the status of vaccine, and I know it's really difficult to formulate one even all world experts are working on this, it's a gamble to just wait for it. We need to see businesses slowly coming back and the sports industry is one of them.

As long as everything is set up properly, I'm sure everything will be fine.

[iv4n]

I understand the sentiment of the others about Choosing A but are you willing to just see the world like this, waiting for unknown, without a specific timeline when the vaccine will be made? The effect of no-business can result in an economic loss as it plays a big role in every country. The effect might be as heavy as what the pandemic virus brings if the situation will last for several months or years.

I also like A but seeing the status of vaccine, and I know it's really difficult to formulate one even all world experts are working on this, it's a gamble to just wait for it. We need to see businesses slowly coming back and the sports industry is one of them.

As long as everything is set up properly, I'm sure everything will be fine.

The effect of no-business will result in much more than economic loss, people will not have what to eat, especially people in big cities! Or they will have what to eat, but they will not have money for food! I understand the fear from virus, but shutting down everything isn't a good solution for fighting against this invisible enemy!
Even with this few months there will be consequences for many, slowly getting back in the game is what everyone needs! I say protect yourself as much as you can, but you can't run from your destiny! Choice is simple, either you will go to work and risk getting sick (covid is not the first or the last virus or disease we are facing), or you and family can starve to death!
I think we didn't need this drama in the first place, I understand we need to be careful, to wash hands after touching anything, to have high level of hygiene, but for many of us that's a normal thing!!!

[passwordnow]

Sporting events are also business that rakes huge amount of money. And once they stopped, they'll miss a lot of profit that's why some organizations and sports have already the plans to relive themselves even without the vaccine. But, there is no need to worry because they will still comply to the rules given by WHO to avoid spread of the corona virus. I think this is just the start of it and other sports in different countries that have lower case of corona virus will go back again.

[South Park]

This is a difficult question since sport is not just entertainment but actually a branch of the economy. And this industry is no less important than industry. I think there is no way to endlessly wait for some kind of complete "salvation", it is necessary to gradually launch the entire economy with the necessary precautions. And sporting events must also resume.

Exactly, the entertainment industry is huge and like any industry that is that big is impossible to stop it completely, so at some point they need to begin to resume their activities despite the coronavirus, what they must do is to find a way to do that while still keeping the players as safe as possible and one option could be for the most popular sports to begin to compete again but without any audience on the stadiums and to perform regular checks to their players to see if they have not acquired the coronavirus.

[Renampun]

Sporting events are also business that rakes huge amount of money. And once they stopped, they'll miss a lot of profit that's why some organizations and sports have already the plans to relive themselves even without the vaccine. But, there is no need to worry because they will still comply to the rules given by WHO to avoid spread of the corona virus. I think this is just the start of it and other sports in different countries that have lower case of corona virus will go back again.

billions of dollars in profits from all sports match lost...
I also think the same as you, countries that have low covid19 cases, sure will start holding sports matches in their countries, especially football matches. in my city alone there is a discourse from the government to hold back some sports matches without spectators which were delayed if the positive case of the virus is reduced by 90%.

[panganib999]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

Both choices can be a good one. But if people would really insist that sports events must already take place specially for those that are claimed or have proven to have less or no cases of the virus, the option B will be a great choice because there really is a point that we cannot wait for much longer for the vaccine before we can operate or make things work because it will kill people not because of the virus but because of hunger brought by unemployment. If the government have already allowed industries concerning the operation on food and other essential goods to operate with limited man power or limit the capacity of workers to exhibit proper social distancing, then it might be the same thing to be applied for sports events to take place. We must do alternative ways to make our economy be working because if we will just wait for the vaccine, then it will take too much time before we can be able to work things out. What we just need to do it to have some restrictions that is concern for the sake of people not to spread the virus.

[Natalim]

~snip~.............if the positive case of the virus is reduced by 90%.

I think it will certainly take time and no sports will be allowed since 90% is a high target.
The only way to make it possible in a short period of time is the vaccine, without it, it's unlikely to happen.

Think of the scenario in the US, let's say US has 1 million infected people, so that would mean 900K should be cured for their sports to be allowed to start.

[passwordnow]

Sporting events are also business that rakes huge amount of money. And once they stopped, they'll miss a lot of profit that's why some organizations and sports have already the plans to relive themselves even without the vaccine. But, there is no need to worry because they will still comply to the rules given by WHO to avoid spread of the corona virus. I think this is just the start of it and other sports in different countries that have lower case of corona virus will go back again.

billions of dollars in profits from all sports match lost...
I also think the same as you, countries that have low covid19 cases, sure will start holding sports matches in their countries, especially football matches. in my city alone there is a discourse from the government to hold back some sports matches without spectators which were delayed if the positive case of the virus is reduced by 90%.

As long as they can maintain the orders from the higher ups to avoid spreading of the virus, that's already enough I guess. They can still manage to make those sports done.
And if somebody will ask how about the profit they'll make, well, that's where the ads will come in from the broadcast that they have. That's for sure because many sports fans would love to watch a game in the middle of pandemic.

[Becky666]

There can be changes as we play football during this era of covid-19, we shouldn't wait to have the vaccines before the kick.start of the world football. We don't know how long it will take many of these scientists to find this vaccine because of the nature the covid-19 is been handle by the government. The political nature that the World powers are playing around this virus will definitely prolonge the discovery of the vaccine. As I have always said, we can adjust the system due to the coronavirus while playing football this time.

[finaleshot2016]

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

For me, this is the best answer since COVID-19 is not a normal virus (that's why it reaches the pandemic level) so definitely the vaccine will take a lot of months before it was made. I doubt even you implement a sports tournament with minimal staff and players, it's safe already.

But if the WHO or world health organization found a temporary solution for COVID-19 then maybe they can implement the sports competition. Also, if the confirmed cases per day slow down, I guess we can go for the (b).

[South Park]

There can be changes as we play football during this era of covid-19, we shouldn't wait to have the vaccines before the kick.start of the world football. We don't know how long it will take many of these scientists to find this vaccine because of the nature the covid-19 is been handle by the government. The political nature that the World powers are playing around this virus will definitely prolonge the discovery of the vaccine. As I have always said, we can adjust the system due to the coronavirus while playing football this time.

The Bundesliga is the first of the top football leagues to comeback and it seems everything went fine, so this brings hope to the fans of sports that many more leagues will comeback during the next months as we slowly begin to see a reduction in the number of cases and deaths related to the virus, still we will have to be very careful because if people relax too much we will see a new spike and sport events may be cancelled again even if most likely public will not be allowed at stadiums at this time.

[milewilda]

There can be changes as we play football during this era of covid-19, we shouldn't wait to have the vaccines before the kick.start of the world football. We don't know how long it will take many of these scientists to find this vaccine because of the nature the covid-19 is been handle by the government. The political nature that the World powers are playing around this virus will definitely prolonge the discovery of the vaccine. As I have always said, we can adjust the system due to the coronavirus while playing football this time.

The Bundesliga is the first of the top football leagues to comeback and it seems everything went fine, so this brings hope to the fans of sports that many more leagues will comeback during the next months as we slowly begin to see a reduction in the number of cases and deaths related to the virus, still we will have to be very careful because if people relax too much we will see a new spike and sport events may be cancelled again even if most likely public will not be allowed at stadiums at this time.

No doubt with that since they have seen that Bundesliga succeeded even on this current situation which do shows its still possible to resume up but of course they would really need to follow strict compliance
to avoid the spread of the virus since we know that we are on the middle of pandemic situation then its just normal to have those measures to be followed on.Hopefully we would really see other sports would
take this step and resume up games because its been a while and we missed too much into those sports that we've been following on.Vaccine is needed but it looks that this would
really takes time.

[DevilSlayer]

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

For me, this is the best answer since COVID-19 is not a normal virus (that's why it reaches the pandemic level) so definitely the vaccine will take a lot of months before it was made. I doubt even you implement a sports tournament with minimal staff and players, it's safe already.

But if the WHO or world health organization found a temporary solution for COVID-19 then maybe they can implement the sports competition. Also, if the confirmed cases per day slow down, I guess we can go for the (b).

There are certain sports that are now available again like tennis, table tennis and badminton but only single player. Sports like basketball, volleyball or anything that can considered as contact sports are still prohibited because it against the social distancing. Contact sports will be okay again if there will now a vaccine that will produce.

Anyway the U.S. has successfully to passed the first phase of the testing of the vaccine that they recently made. If the vaccine passed all the test, then for sure that we will see again contact sports. 

[maydna]

There are certain sports that are now available again like tennis, table tennis and badminton but only single player. Sports like basketball, volleyball or anything that can considered as contact sports are still prohibited because it against the social distancing. Contact sports will be okay again if there will now a vaccine that will produce.

Anyway the U.S. has successfully to passed the first phase of the testing of the vaccine that they recently made. If the vaccine passed all the test, then for sure that we will see again contact sports. 

We can only hope that the sports event will be okay, and the social distancing will really apply in that event to protect people or staff who involve in the tournament. But I don't know if its a real news or not because I heard that in June, football will reschedule the events or will start again after its delay for some time. If that happens, I hope that every staff can be careful, and have a big concern to prioritize the safety of the people or the players.

Not just the U.S. that is still trying to find the vaccine because many countries still testing the vaccine before they can provide safety to launch the vaccine to people. I am sure many people will be saved once the vaccine found.

[Ucy]

I understand the sentiment of the others about Choosing A but are you willing to just see the world like this, waiting for unknown, without a specific timeline when the vaccine will be made? The effect of no-business can result in an economic loss as it plays a big role in every country. The effect might be as heavy as what the pandemic virus brings if the situation will last for several months or years.

I also like A but seeing the status of vaccine, and I know it's really difficult to formulate one even all world experts are working on this, it's a gamble to just wait for it. We need to see businesses slowly coming back and the sports industry is one of them.

As long as everything is set up properly, I'm sure everything will be fine.

The effect of no-business will result in much more than economic loss, people will not have what to eat, especially people in big cities! Or they will have what to eat, but they will not have money for food! I understand the fear from virus, but shutting down everything isn't a good solution for fighting against this invisible enemy!
Even with this few months there will be consequences for many, slowly getting back in the game is what everyone needs! I say protect yourself as much as you can, but you can't run from your destiny! Choice is simple, either you will go to work and risk getting sick (covid is not the first or the last virus or disease we are facing), or you and family can starve to death!
I think we didn't need this drama in the first place, I understand we need to be careful, to wash hands after touching anything, to have high level of hygiene, but for many of us that's a normal thing!!!

I think there are games that would be safe to play in the crisis... games like tennis, horse racing and other similar games that somewhat require fixed minimum space between players, and rare for players to come close or collide with each other while playing them. I guess that is what they could start with to see how things will turn out.

[Naida_BR]

If we were to wait for the vaccine to be produced then we will be waiting for so long.
We cannot pause the sport industry for this reason - there are a lot of money behind just imagine that the whole gambling industry is supported by sports industry. If sports are stopped a big portion of the world's economy is stopped.

[btc78]

No one knows when will be the vaccine be made but the event can be moved at all time because this is manageable .

I dont think there will be vaccine for the next months so sports event maybe conducted via online viewing ,and without any live fans watching.

and maybe this will help

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249297.0 according to the thread is the FOX will provide computerized sounds to make crowd for the events.

[danherbias07]

Yes, vaccine first.
We are all in a financial problem this past weeks and I bet those businesses are being hit hard.

They can't afford to keep on wasting money to test players every game and also that is time consuming.
Worse, all the profits from pay per view or however they will broadcast it will just be for test kits for the next game. 

[dimonstration]

No one knows when will be the vaccine be made but the event can be moved at all time because this is manageable .

I dont think there will be vaccine for the next months so sports event maybe conducted via online viewing ,and without any live fans watching.

and maybe this will help

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249297.0 according to the thread is the FOX will provide computerized sounds to make crowd for the events.

The best option now is really to do it via online and live streaming which is the new norm or trend now. Thou it will limit only into few specific games like billiards, badminton etc that onlumy needs some duel or limited participants. They need to do necessary actions first to ensure they are not infected like being quarantine before they start their match. As well with few personnel's that is needed to broadcast the live game.

The very much games or sports that we can only gambling with, which is also safe for the players is through electronic games nowadays that are really popular. There just a need for their fast Internet to no t be in trouble in their playtime. Soon, esports will find way or may have ideas to still grew or operate their service amidst this pandemic.

[Inkdatar]

If we were to wait for the vaccine to be produced then we will be waiting for so long.
We cannot pause the sport industry for this reason - there are a lot of money behind just imagine that the whole gambling industry is supported by sports industry. If sports are stopped a big portion of the world's economy is stopped.

It takes so long for the vaccine to produced but as announce it may available probably next year. Vaccine first before anything else for the safety of the users. Some business industry suffering bankruptcy because of this pandemic, so, the best options above is staying home and can do the sports events online.

[cabron]

No one knows when will be the vaccine be made but the event can be moved at all time because this is manageable .

I dont think there will be vaccine for the next months so sports event maybe conducted via online viewing ,and without any live fans watching.

and maybe this will help

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249297.0 according to the thread is the FOX will provide computerized sounds to make crowd for the events.

The best option now is really to do it via online and live streaming which is the new norm or trend now. Thou it will limit only into few specific games like billiards, badminton etc that onlumy needs some duel or limited participants. They need to do necessary actions first to ensure they are not infected like being quarantine before they start their match. As well with few personnel's that is needed to broadcast the live game.

The very much games or sports that we can only gambling with, which is also safe for the players is through electronic games nowadays that are really popular. There just a need for their fast Internet to no t be in trouble in their playtime. Soon, esports will find way or may have ideas to still grew or operate their service amidst this pandemic.

That's possible. Quarantine them all before the fight, this will make it safer.

No one knows when will be the vaccine be made but the event can be moved at all time because this is manageable .

I dont think there will be vaccine for the next months so sports event maybe conducted via online viewing ,and without any live fans watching.

and maybe this will help

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249297.0 according to the thread is the FOX will provide computerized sounds to make crowd for the events.

Its NAY! lol

I'm almost sure the computerize crowd sound will have more issues in the view of the fighters, they could just agree to have the three judges there and the teams consisting a number of witnesses to the fight, referee, bouncers and the covid guards all these are considered crowd already.

[ShowOff]

The best option now is really to do it via online and live streaming which is the new norm or trend now.

Of course, to support the government and the authorities in handling this pandemic everyone must comply with the protocol. Understanding the conditions and supporting each other is a good thing. Watching game after game on PC I think is not a problem for me because of habits and of course it has to do with my activities in the forum. Even without a pandemic, I often watch games at home using a PC.

It looks good because the government is letting this season continue even without spectators, I cant imagine how we should stay at home without enjoying something we usually get on weekends like football matches. We are still waiting for vaccines to be produced and traded for the whole world and that takes a lot of time from now. Let sports continue with existing protocols and meet standards, and our support will be useful for all.

[dothebeats]

I'm not really a fan of fear-mongering and such, but the concerns of the governments are fully justified when it comes to allowing such events with crowds. Sure, sports events coordinators/associations can hold fights/tournaments, but only exclusive to essential people that need to be there, and of course that excludes fans and spectators. If scientists and researchers see that the virus does not progress at such an alarming rate, perhaps there would be no quarantines whatsoever that have been put into place anywhere. Then again it poses a different kind of threat compared to the flu that's why they are acting this way.

I'm sure most sports associations have laid out their plans to the respective authorities that govern them, so I'm pretty sure that we will be seeing sports actions sans live audiences, and I think that is better than having no sporting events at all.

[chaser15]

There are now lots of news about the vaccine. Although still a test, possibly will be available next year so clearly, NOT THIS YEAR.

The sports industry is a big help to the economy. If other industries or sectors of business are still down, where do you think guys will the government get their fundings?

We still have 6-7 months to go before the end of the year and there is no exact timeline when will the vaccine be available next year, the question again, for those who choose letter A, how will all the people in sports industry especially the lower ones can survive their daily life now that they have to wait until next year.

[FIFA worldcup]

There are now lots of news about the vaccine. Although still a test, possibly will be available next year so clearly, NOT THIS YEAR.

The sports industry is a big help to the economy. If other industries or sectors of business are still down, where do you think guys will the government get their fundings?

We still have 6-7 months to go before the end of the year and there is no exact timeline when will the vaccine be available next year, the question again, for those who choose letter A, how will all the people in sports industry especially the lower ones can survive their daily life now that they have to wait until next year.

With the rumors spreading around that development of vaccine can take about another year or so, it will bring lot of disappointment among the players as most of the sports could not be resumed until covid-19 is over and the vaccine is developed for its treatment.

[Questat]

There are now lots of news about the vaccine. Although still a test, possibly will be available next year so clearly, NOT THIS YEAR.

The sports industry is a big help to the economy. If other industries or sectors of business are still down, where do you think guys will the government get their fundings?

We still have 6-7 months to go before the end of the year and there is no exact timeline when will the vaccine be available next year, the question again, for those who choose letter A, how will all the people in sports industry especially the lower ones can survive their daily life now that they have to wait until next year.

With the rumors spreading around that development of vaccine can take about another year or so, it will bring lot of disappointment among the players as most of the sports could not be resumed until covid-19 is over and the vaccine is developed for its treatment.

I think there's also rumors that the sports will resume provided it will be played without audience, I think this would make the players happy as they can somehow play even if it's not the normal but the new normal of the world. There salary might be affected but they'll be willing to take that than not playing at all and get nothing, it's their industry, they would help to recover this industry despite of the pandemic.

[iTradeChips]

Here is my take about all of this. Since we have this pandemic ongoing and it disturbs a lot of industries right now, we need to find ways to continue the business but at the same time be able to help not spread the sickness by having people be far away from each other as possible. The Olympics? Of course that one needs to be suspended, and we cannot make it happen this year now because of the restrictions. But we need basically is find a way for sports events to be reached to the masses without going to arenas and stadiums and that is through the use of the Internet.

The Internet, in my opinion, has been the biggest investion man has made since the Airplane more than 100 years ago and it helps people be connected to the far reaches of the Earth without being there on that part of the world.

You can have sports events be broadcast live on Youtube, Twitch, and all other online video platforms and then people will just watch it at the comfort of their homes. I know it is very exciting to see your sports heroes in action live inside a stadium, but right now having sports broadcasts through the internet is the nearest thing we have from the real thing.

Because of the pandemic, many governments are stepping up their efforts to provide internet access to every body to as many people as they can. This is a good thing as even the people in rural areas will be able to access the internet and therefore access sports broadcasts live without going out. What was once the purpose of radio, can now be done digitally through the internet.

[JoMarrah Iarim Dan]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

It is difficult to guarantee the safety of every person if their is still no solution to this virus. It can be easily spread without knowing it. Yes it may take years to discover the vaccine but if it is the best solution we have to wait for it before gping back to normal again or else we lose many more lives of not only players but also a normal individual.
No audience ? Hmm OK spunds good. Maybe the game can be broadcasted in TV so there will audience. But of course it not that simple. Disinfection of the things needed in the sports is a must, the place of the game, the condition of every individual that will go that area like the players, the coaches etc.

[South Park]

I'm not really a fan of fear-mongering and such, but the concerns of the governments are fully justified when it comes to allowing such events with crowds. Sure, sports events coordinators/associations can hold fights/tournaments, but only exclusive to essential people that need to be there, and of course that excludes fans and spectators. If scientists and researchers see that the virus does not progress at such an alarming rate, perhaps there would be no quarantines whatsoever that have been put into place anywhere. Then again it poses a different kind of threat compared to the flu that's why they are acting this way.

I'm sure most sports associations have laid out their plans to the respective authorities that govern them, so I'm pretty sure that we will be seeing sports actions sans live audiences, and I think that is better than having no sporting events at all.

There are very few doubts in my mind that sports will come back sooner rather than later but they will do so without public, this is not really a problem for sports and leagues that enjoy a huge popularity among fans all around the world but it is going to be a problem for those that cannot generate enough profits just with the television rights, so the selection of sports at our disposal is going to diminish greatly from what we are used to but it will be better than the alternative that we have now of almost no sport taking place.

[Beparanf]

There are very few doubts in my mind that sports will come back sooner rather than later but they will do so without public, this is not really a problem for sports and leagues that enjoy a huge popularity among fans all around the world but it is going to be a problem for those that cannot generate enough profits just with the television rights, so the selection of sports at our disposal is going to diminish greatly from what we are used to but it will be better than the alternative that we have now of almost no sport taking place.
[/quote]
In my country as ban lifted with only some social distancing as well rules to follow, some sports facility were already open. Though not yet into big event but with some prevention in main facility services sports can still be done on our own or small groups,no crowd needed but only the players and some people to live it can be a good option to still keep the sport alive, though only into some sport

[Bitcoinislife09]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

Seen several posts here about the vaccine that should be made first before resuming. It makes sense and the best thing to do but providing the timeframe of creating a vaccine against Covid-19 that might take a year(s), is the world can afford to wait for that vaccine?

So what do you think?

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

Since it's almost impossible to expect a vaccine until the end of the year or maybe the 3rd quarter of the next year, I will go with B but with lots of considerations (But I'm hoping I'm wrong. We all want the vaccine and experts around the world are truly working hard for it).

Im guessing that is how it is supposed to be Until there is no vaccine we should not do any gathering or events that have a huge crowd its really easily we cannot risk people's life just because we want something. For sure the situations are just going to be worst if we continue to do sports events even there is no vaccine available today. Even if we slowly open them we cannot completely kill the virus may be in some countries where the people are completely disciplined by the law. It might take years because we could go back to our normal life if there is no vaccine that is available. It will be easier as soon as we have the vaccine for sure shipping etc is going to be fast.

[michellee]

In my country as ban lifted with only some social distancing as well rules to follow, some sports facility were already open. Though not yet into big event but with some prevention in main facility services sports can still be done on our own or small groups,no crowd needed but only the players and some people to live it can be a good option to still keep the sport alive, though only into some sport

At least, in your country, the sports events concern with people lives, so they make some prevention from the virus. That is necessary because we don't know who is the carrier, and the pandemic not ended yet. By selecting the people who will be allowed in that event can help the sports to keep alive so people will have another entertainment while they stay at home.

[Vishnu.Reang]

At least, in your country, the sports events concern with people lives, so they make some prevention from the virus. That is necessary because we don't know who is the carrier, and the pandemic not ended yet. By selecting the people who will be allowed in that event can help the sports to keep alive so people will have another entertainment while they stay at home.

Anyway it is not possible to suspend all economic activity for the next 12-18 months. Along with other economic activities, sporting activities must be allowed to resume. No one is going to benefit, if all the sports events are cancelled and the players sit at home. The events should be allowed to resume, after making sure that strict crowd-control and social distancing measures are in place.

[Betwrong]

There are now lots of news about the vaccine. Although still a test, possibly will be available next year so clearly, NOT THIS YEAR.

The sports industry is a big help to the economy. If other industries or sectors of business are still down, where do you think guys will the government get their fundings?

We still have 6-7 months to go before the end of the year and there is no exact timeline when will the vaccine be available next year, the question again, for those who choose letter A, how will all the people in sports industry especially the lower ones can survive their daily life now that they have to wait until next year.

With the rumors spreading around that development of vaccine can take about another year or so, it will bring lot of disappointment among the players as most of the sports could not be resumed until covid-19 is over and the vaccine is developed for its treatment.

I think there's also rumors that the sports will resume provided it will be played without audience, I think this would make the players happy as they can somehow play even if it's not the normal but the new normal of the world. There salary might be affected but they'll be willing to take that than not playing at all and get nothing, it's their industry, they would help to recover this industry despite of the pandemic.

That would be step in the right direction, imo. I heard it's hard for players to play without hearing the support from their fans, but they won't be completely without audience, after all. Millions of people around the world will be watching them playing. I think with current technologies it would be not so hard to adapt to the new realities. For example, I would place loudspeakers on the stands of the stadium half of which connected the fans of a team A via the Internet, and another half connected the fans of a team B. In this way, fans would be able to express their emotions and to be heard. ... Something like that.

I mean, we shouldn't wait for a vaccine. It can take ages. We should start doing something right now.

[boyptc]

Anyway it is not possible to suspend all economic activity for the next 12-18 months. Along with other economic activities, sporting activities must be allowed to resume. No one is going to benefit, if all the sports events are cancelled and the players sit at home. The events should be allowed to resume, after making sure that strict crowd-control and social distancing measures are in place.

They will be resuming shortly, who knows if by June some will already take their place but with application of new normal rules.

12-18 months for me is too much, some news said that we'll be having the vaccine probably after 6 months so we expect that these sporting events will get back again.

[michellee]

At least, in your country, the sports events concern with people lives, so they make some prevention from the virus. That is necessary because we don't know who is the carrier, and the pandemic not ended yet. By selecting the people who will be allowed in that event can help the sports to keep alive so people will have another entertainment while they stay at home.

Anyway it is not possible to suspend all economic activity for the next 12-18 months. Along with other economic activities, sporting activities must be allowed to resume. No one is going to benefit, if all the sports events are cancelled and the players sit at home. The events should be allowed to resume, after making sure that strict crowd-control and social distancing measures are in place.

Yes, it is not possible to suspend the economic activity, but if we see what is happens now, some of the economic activity still run in this pandemic. If the sports even were delay or cancel, I think the players need to do something to kill their boredom, but they still need to practice so they could maintain their skills. But before the sports events resume, there are a lot of things that must be prepare before people or players can feel safe to watch or play.

[lienfaye]

We are not certain how long we're going to wait for the vaccine because it can take months or years.

So its better to resume the sports events slowly. However they must abide to take precautions and do what must be done in order to assure the safety of everyone. This can help the economy to return back to normal.

Nevertheless we still need the vaccine because thats the answer to our current problem.

[Betwrong]

We are not certain how long we're going to wait for the vaccine because it can take months or years.

So its better to resume the sports events slowly. However they must abide to take precautions and do what must be done in order to assure the safety of everyone. This can help the economy to return back to normal.

Nevertheless we still need the vaccine because thats the answer to our current problem.

They say it's possible that soccer will be without fans until 2021.

This how the stands of the stadium looked like during the latest Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich game:



It's a pity that there are no fans. Players definitely need them.

But, it turns out that financially wise, fans are not that needed any more. According to BBC, Premier League match day income from fans dropped from 45% in 1992 to 13%(of total revenue) last season. I believe we have a similar situation in other countries too.

So, the games themselves will be resumed soon, but, for better or worse, they will be going without fans for some time.

[desticy]

The vaccine option looks like utopia.
Given the fact that the virus is able to mutate, we have a rather mediocre chance of creating a vaccine.
Suppose we succeed and we get a vaccine from Covid-19 this year.

However, we are not immune to the emergence of a new strain of the virus, Covid-20, or any more complex mutation.
Every year we come across new viruses that come up with a vaccine several years later.
Probably here we will see exactly the same situation. People will be sick and develop their own immunity.

I believe the best method is a gradual return to normal life, I think that most people in certain countries have already developed their own immunity from the virus.

[chaser15]

This how the stands of the stadium looked like during the latest Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich game:

It's a pity that there are no fans. Players definitely need them.

But, it turns out that financially wise, fans are not that needed any more. According to BBC, Premier League match day income from fans dropped from 45% in 1992 to 13%(of total revenue) last season. I believe we have a similar situation in other countries too.

So, the games themselves will be resumed soon, but, for better or worse, they will be going without fans for some time.

Nice image. Actually not bad at all since we understand the situation.

Fans cheering in front of a player always make them more energetic. That's the big change that a player should try to adopt. At first, there is a difficulty but eventually, they will become used to it. In my view, 1-2 years with no live fans might happen.

Games will be resumed soon. Not next year or else. Lots of leagues are now in preparation and we can really expect changes that we don't use to see.

Also nice to see some progress about the vaccine. We really need this to get back to normal.

[arwin100]

We are not certain how long we're going to wait for the vaccine because it can take months or years.

So its better to resume the sports events slowly. However they must abide to take precautions and do what must be done in order to assure the safety of everyone. This can help the economy to return back to normal.

Nevertheless we still need the vaccine because thats the answer to our current problem.

They say it's possible that soccer will be without fans until 2021.

This how the stands of the stadium looked like during the latest Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich game:


It's a pity that there are no fans. Players definitely need them.

But, it turns out that financially wise, fans are not that needed any more. According to BBC, Premier League match day income from fans dropped from 45% in 1992 to 13%(of total revenue) last season. I believe we have a similar situation in other countries too.

So, the games themselves will be resumed soon, but, for better or worse, they will be going without fans for some time.

They don't have a choice and for betterment of everyone they resume the league with not crowds, although player need this since its really different if you heard a crowd cheers for you.

Its expected to get dropped since ticket sales are not available for the crowd so maybe they will recover it from advertisement and other forms which their team can generate an income.

[FlightyPouch]

There will be some continuations obviously, they are waiting for the vaccine but they can't just let their fans wait next year. They will find a way to continue games for example games without audiences or maybe they will do certain measures to continue the games. I think that would be the only way they can continue games, no audiences, and just do it in certain places.

[AmoreJaz]

There will be some continuations obviously, they are waiting for the vaccine but they can't just let their fans wait next year. They will find a way to continue games for example games without audiences or maybe they will do certain measures to continue the games. I think that would be the only way they can continue games, no audiences, and just do it in certain places.

guess they will continue some of the games by next month. waiting for the vaccine to be available is like waiting for eternity to some of them. if they will do the necessary testings before the game - and can only be possible to very small group of individuals like in boxing or table tennis, then i think it will be good for the time being. they need to restrict the number of people, only the vital persons should be allowed and just do the PPV. so at least some of the sports can be live again soon. vaccine will take long time to be available in public and there's no definite timeline for the release so something should be done for now.

[Quidat]

We are not certain how long we're going to wait for the vaccine because it can take months or years.

So its better to resume the sports events slowly. However they must abide to take precautions and do what must be done in order to assure the safety of everyone. This can help the economy to return back to normal.

Nevertheless we still need the vaccine because thats the answer to our current problem.

They say it's possible that soccer will be without fans until 2021.

This how the stands of the stadium looked like during the latest Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich game:


It's a pity that there are no fans. Players definitely need them.

But, it turns out that financially wise, fans are not that needed any more. According to BBC, Premier League match day income from fans dropped from 45% in 1992 to 13%(of total revenue) last season. I believe we have a similar situation in other countries too.

So, the games themselves will be resumed soon, but, for better or worse, they will be going without fans for some time.

They don't have a choice and for betterment of everyone they resume the league with not crowds, although player need this since its really different if you heard a crowd cheers for you.

Its expected to get dropped since ticket sales are not available for the crowd so maybe they will recover it from advertisement and other forms which their team can generate an income.

They would increase ppv cost which is somehow anticipated because this is the only way that they can generate out revenue since ticket sales
arent possible this time then they would pull it off in ppv.They should not really increased the price that much so that people would still able to
enjoy without breaking the bank or spending that much because if they do such increase then im sure there be lots of criticisms would be
thrown to them.

They should at least be reasonable since we are on a pandemic situation where most people havent go back to their jobs yet which means
they should consider out that not all people would be willing to spend that much.

[freedomgo]

They would increase ppv cost which is somehow anticipated because this is the only way that they can generate out revenue since ticket sales
arent possible this time then they would pull it off in ppv.They should not really increased the price that much so that people would still able to
enjoy without breaking the bank or spending that much because if they do such increase then im sure there be lots of criticisms would be
thrown to them.

Probably, that would be their justification as they will make sure they make profit on this.
Also, we will have to consider the number of people who will avail on the PPV and that's another factor that will help increase the revenue. 

They should at least be reasonable since we are on a pandemic situation where most people havent go back to their jobs yet which means
they should consider out that not all people would be willing to spend that much.

The basis of the reasonable price when they make a profit, and PPV is not for everyone, its not a need that they have to consider everyone, this is only for those who can afford and willing to pay the price in exchange for the entertainment.

[Janation]

They don't have a choice and for betterment of everyone they resume the league with not crowds, although player need this since its really different if you heard a crowd cheers for you.

Its expected to get dropped since ticket sales are not available for the crowd so maybe they will recover it from advertisement and other forms which their team can generate an income.

I guess they are doing that through their social media.

Since people don't have that much to do right now in their houses, the best thing to keep people looking at the league is by making their players update things and even make events like they did where they play a game against other players. I don't know if they are actually getting something from it but I guess that is their step to get the attention of more people in their houses.

[maydna]

There will be some continuations obviously, they are waiting for the vaccine but they can't just let their fans wait next year. They will find a way to continue games for example games without audiences or maybe they will do certain measures to continue the games. I think that would be the only way they can continue games, no audiences, and just do it in certain places.

guess they will continue some of the games by next month. waiting for the vaccine to be available is like waiting for eternity to some of them. if they will do the necessary testings before the game - and can only be possible to very small group of individuals like in boxing or table tennis, then i think it will be good for the time being. they need to restrict the number of people, only the vital persons should be allowed and just do the PPV. so at least some of the sports can be live again soon. vaccine will take long time to be available in public and there's no definite timeline for the release so something should be done for now.

Perhaps, they cannot wait for a long time until the vaccine can be found, so they decide to restart the sports event. Besides that, we don't know when the scientist can release the vaccine while they need money to buy their daily needs. And if football and basketball can resume the match or reschedule the game, that will make their fans happy because they can watch their favourite teams play again. Until the vaccine can be found, sports will need to restrict all people who want to come to the stadium because the Covid-19 is still there.

[Betwrong]

~

Nice image. Actually not bad at all since we understand the situation.

Fans cheering in front of a player always make them more energetic. That's the big change that a player should try to adopt. At first, there is a difficulty but eventually, they will become used to it. In my view, 1-2 years with no live fans might happen.
~

In my opinion,  it's hard to impossible to get used to it. Something has to be done in this regard. In fact some attempts were already made. Not long ago, a Taiwanese baseball team(or their managers?) decided to stock their stands with mannequins:



Idk, I think my suggestion from above

~I would place loudspeakers on the stands of the stadium half of which connected the fans of a team A via the Internet, and another half connected the fans of a team B. In this way, fans would be able to express their emotions and to be heard. ... ~

is a slightly better idea.

If only players could see it! I'm sure they'd prefer live shouts of their real fans to lifeless robots!

[Natalim]

~snip~

I have watch video regarding Taiwan on how they handle the covid-19, they are a country that despite of the covid-19, they never do a lock down, they are still doing the normal routine but they only practice discipline for social distancing, we might not notice this country as it's a small country but according to the video I've seen, they are now one of the supplier of face mask in the world, and just like what it showed in the picture, they are not halting their sporting events but they just don't allow fans to be in the venue, hopefully that's what other countries will follow.

[coinlocket$]

I have seen this thread only now but I want to reply even if late.
No, we don't need the vaccine to start sports again.
Athletes are people who are physically better than many other people and are often privileged with the possibility of making multiple swabs.
Unlike them, the worker does not have the opportunity to do tests and they are forced to work in factories for a thousand euros a month...
Sports can reopen obvious without people in the stadium.

[Rengga Jati]

Most sports events are halted, suspended, postponed, and canceled because of the pandemic virus for about to 1-2 months now. Within that short period, the damage is serious so I can't imagine if it will take a year or over.

The impact of Covid-19 on sports bet was felt. Many sports bet schedules have been postponed and even canceled because of this pandemic. However, several sports bets are already planning to reopen their sports bets in June. On the contrary, many sports bets are partially retreating even at least September will open again for security. This has been an extraordinary and influential effect on many parties.

a) wait for the vaccine even it will take years, end of the discussion

I think this is very crucial, If waiting for vaccine over the years, it means that sports bet will be dying. I don't think that the sports bet will wait for years to be able to play again. they will try to open the sports bet for some reasons and with notes. Of course, it is done by paying attention to the condition. In this case, as the previous pandemic, this may end along with the condition of the human antibody to be able to against it. And I am sure that now some parties may offer the vaccine as one of the solutions for this pandemic.

b) resume slowly with several considerations such as no audience, limited number of staffs or any important things to do before considering resuming, unless the area or place was heavily affected

This might happen, but is it true without the audience? Or will this batch sport take place online or live streaming? Of course, I'm sure activists and business people in batch sports will not standstill. Especially because this is a business field for many parties. It won't be closed any longer.

[Mahanton]

~snip~

I have watch video regarding Taiwan on how they handle the covid-19, they are a country that despite of the covid-19, they never do a lock down, they are still doing the normal routine but they only practice discipline for social distancing, we might not notice this country as it's a small country but according to the video I've seen, they are now one of the supplier of face mask in the world, and just like what it showed in the picture, they are not halting their sporting events but they just don't allow fans to be in the venue, hopefully that's what other countries will follow.

Actually this will really differ on the level of discipline on said country.If they have done by other places like Taiwan then other countries can do it too but its citizens would really be the key on having a perfect system that should really be followed strictly if they do like for their current situation wont end up on a lock down.Its surprising that they havent impose any quarantine state or lockdowns but they do set out measures to avoid the spread.Its really just a matter of discpline.

I have seen this thread only now but I want to reply even if late.
No, we don't need the vaccine to start sports again.
Athletes are people who are physically better than many other people and are often privileged with the possibility of making multiple swabs.
Unlike them, the worker does not have the opportunity to do tests and they are forced to work in factories for a thousand euros a month...
Sports can reopen obvious without people in the stadium.

We already saw that there are already sports that had resumed even though we dont still have the cure/vaccine. Its just understandable that it isnt really that good for the industry
if it would take too long for such resume.It would highly affect the entire association including into its players.If others do make it then other sports would
do it as well but they should follow up the new procedure to lessen up the risk of widespread.

[verita1]

It is sad to see the scene with the mannequins as an audience. I think there is no need to go to that extreme. The sports that are being resumed will be done behind closed doors and so that everything goes well in terms of contagion is that they are carried out under strict preventive measures. It is the only way while the world waits for a cure.

[Vaculin]

It is sad to see the scene with the mannequins as an audience.

you will not feel sad if you understand the situation, at least there's something the players can see and they'll condition their minds that its the fans supporting them.

I think there is no need to go to that extreme. The sports that are being resumed will be done behind closed doors and so that everything goes well in terms of contagion is that they are carried out under strict preventive measures. It is the only way while the world waits for a cure.

It's necessary to be in close doors and no audience that is allowed to watch, of course aside from those who are really needed to be in the venue.
They call it the new normal as the vaccine will take a year to develop, so we should adjust and get used to it, but still put in our mind that this is just temporary.

[finaleshot2016]

It is sad to see the scene with the mannequins as an audience.

you will not feel sad if you understand the situation, at least there's something the players can see and they'll condition their minds that its the fans supporting them.

Athletes can still play without an audience, IMO, it's just an additional boost to their confidence for them and probably there's no pressure on it since they knew our situation right now.

How about eSports players, they're just playing online tournaments without any audience or fans right now 'cause the current pandemic affects also the major events of eSports like Worlds 2020 and TI10. All of those players knew that this is for the best and shouldn't think about themselves. It's kinda selfish to think that they need audience to boost their confidence.

I think there is no need to go to that extreme. The sports that are being resumed will be done behind closed doors and so that everything goes well in terms of contagion is that they are carried out under strict preventive measures. It is the only way while the world waits for a cure.

It's necessary to be in close doors and no audience that is allowed to watch, of course aside from those who are really needed to be in the venue.
They call it the new normal as the vaccine will take a year to develop, so we should adjust and get used to it, but still put in our mind that this is just temporary.

Agree, any sports event should be implemented in close doors. If you knew how dangerous COVID-19 is, you will know that it's best to follow this kind of measure 'cause athletes are people too, they aren't superhumans that can't be affected by the virus even with a single drop of it from the audience.

[South Park]

They say it's possible that soccer will be without fans until 2021.

This how the stands of the stadium looked like during the latest Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich game:

snip

It's a pity that there are no fans. Players definitely need them.

But, it turns out that financially wise, fans are not that needed any more. According to BBC, Premier League match day income from fans dropped from 45% in 1992 to 13%(of total revenue) last season. I believe we have a similar situation in other countries too.

So, the games themselves will be resumed soon, but, for better or worse, they will be going without fans for some time.

Also it can argued that since most people are still trying their best to stay home as much as possible that the sports audience all over the world will go up which means the television rights teams will be paid will go up as well generating even more profits, as such popular sports like soccer will not suffer much if at all, however when it comes to sports that are not so popular it is very likely they are not going to return for quite some time as they need the physical presence of the public to remain profitable.

[pakhitheboss]

I guess most sporting events will start before a vaccine is out in the market. Just read a new thread about English Premier league they might be organising the event in the month of June with any crowd in the stadium. They still have to get a clearance which I am sure they will get.

There are a lot of things that will now change because of this damm virus. I guess we all have to live with it now, I am not sure whether a vaccine will be out by the end of this year but, one thing is clear it will take more time than we can think.

[bbc.reporter]

@everyone. We would be dead if we wait hehehehe. There has never been a successful vaccine for the coronavirus group of viruses, not a successful vaccine for Sars, Mers, the common cold.

Do not be the guinea pigs if your country's health care system declares that they have the vaccine available hehe.

[Naida_BR]

I have seen this thread only now but I want to reply even if late.
No, we don't need the vaccine to start sports again.
Athletes are people who are physically better than many other people and are often privileged with the possibility of making multiple swabs.
Unlike them, the worker does not have the opportunity to do tests and they are forced to work in factories for a thousand euros a month...
Sports can reopen obvious without people in the stadium.

You know, in a team there are a lot of people who work for the team and they are not as physically healthy as the players.
Also, there are a lot of fans who love going to the stadiums and watch football.
The vaccine is not produced mainly for the players but for all other groups that are involved in the sports industry.

[NeuroticFish]

There has never been a successful vaccine for the coronavirus group of viruses, not a successful vaccine for Sars, Mers, the common cold.

Do not be the guinea pigs if your country's health care system declares that they have the vaccine available hehe.

Well pointed out. Everybody talks about vaccines like they'd be the holy grail. No.
Medicines that help the body fight this, ameliorate symptoms, help recovery may be easier to get discovered and approved. Yes, most probably they are not as profitable as vaccines...

[Debonaire217]

I have read and watched some news concerning the proper procedure for the release of a new vaccine, if I am not wrong, it takes 6 months or even years to make sure that the vaccine will really work and have the least possible side effects that might hard a human body. If that is the case, most of the casinos or other businesses might lose, resulting to force opening not following jurisdiction. Or the best way to make this happen is to launch a casino platform online.

Another possibility to happen is to force launch the vaccine if there's any available not considering how long its proper procedure because right now, we are in a global pandemic and the fusion of world best vaccine researchers and scientists is needed.

[virasog]

I have read and watched some news concerning the proper procedure for the release of a new vaccine, if I am not wrong, it takes 6 months or even years to make sure that the vaccine will really work and have the least possible side effects that might hard a human body. If that is the case, most of the casinos or other businesses might lose, resulting to force opening not following jurisdiction. Or the best way to make this happen is to launch a casino platform online.

Another possibility to happen is to force launch the vaccine if there's any available not considering how long its proper procedure because right now, we are in a global pandemic and the fusion of world best vaccine researchers and scientists is needed.

If the vaccine will be developed in about 6 - 8 months, it will not be possible to stop the sports for that period of time. I understand the risk involved in it but if other things are opening and lockdown is lifted, why can't they lift the ban on sports by taking necessary pre-cautionary measures ?

[passwordnow]

If the vaccine will be developed in about 6 - 8 months, it will not be possible to stop the sports for that period of time. I understand the risk involved in it but if other things are opening and lockdown is lifted, why can't they lift the ban on sports by taking necessary pre-cautionary measures ?

It's on the talks and rumors we have heard that some sports were already preparing themselves to get back on track. Just follow this section and you will see how many sports are in the talks of making a comeback. Some were already set and have schedule so there will be or no vaccine, they will go back in action. As long as they have certain rules to follow regards to the prevention of covid 19, they will be granted to be back again by their sports organizations and governments.

[bitcoinst]

@everyone. We would be dead if we wait hehehehe. There has never been a successful vaccine for the coronavirus group of viruses, not a successful vaccine for Sars, Mers, the common cold.

Do not be the guinea pigs if your country's health care system declares that they have the vaccine available hehe.

You're right. Even now, the above vaccines are not a 100% guarantee that you will not be infected with a new strain of one of these viruses.
Scientists now say that the virus that reached Europe is a mutated species of the Chinese virus.
It is possible that by autumn we will see more than one mutation, which will make the vaccine simply useless. But the story with antibodies looks much more convincing.

[KTChampions]

It's on the talks and rumors we have heard that some sports were already preparing themselves to get back on track. Just follow this section and you will see how many sports are in the talks of making a comeback. Some were already set and have schedule so there will be or no vaccine, they will go back in action. As long as they have certain rules to follow regards to the prevention of covid 19, they will be granted to be back again by their sports organizations and governments.

Some national championships have already resumed competitions. For example, the German Bundesliga in football. I think the rating of these competitions after such a break and deficit is huge for the fans. But for now they can enjoy the game on TV - if I understand correctly, the games are held without spectators in the stands.

[STT]

You cant have an audience in a normal way, thats the biggest thing.   People sitting out in a field spread out and watching a large TV display board is possibly ok but then thats not the same as watching it directly I guess.
  The sports themselves is fine in alot of cases I think, like Snooker I saw today I never saw a real reason to stop it.   They only have to alter it slightly to have the referee wait and keep a distance from the player.   Contacts sports imo should be delayed or greatly reduced in frequency, they are restarting soccer matches but they risking some of them getting ill and perhaps 1 or 2 will die for the sake of waiting a year I dont especially agree with that but I understand it represents more then just the players on the field.

   Anyone who does have some kind of related or any kind of health concern should be protected in being able to say no I will not attend games but thats hard when its a team game.    People should not have to risk their lives because they run high blood pressure or whatever is causing a knock on effect.

[Natalim]

It's on the talks and rumors we have heard that some sports were already preparing themselves to get back on track. Just follow this section and you will see how many sports are in the talks of making a comeback. Some were already set and have schedule so there will be or no vaccine, they will go back in action. As long as they have certain rules to follow regards to the prevention of covid 19, they will be granted to be back again by their sports organizations and governments.

Some national championships have already resumed competitions. For example, the German Bundesliga in football. I think the rating of these competitions after such a break and deficit is huge for the fans. But for now they can enjoy the game on TV - if I understand correctly, the games are held without spectators in the stands.

Watching sports live in the venue nowadays is not fun, you like to enjoy watching your favorite game and yet you have the worries that you might get infected with the covid-19, I guess that is not good, you'll never have 100% enjoyment with what you are doing, as for me, I'd rather watch on TV and grab some beer and feel safe.

[carlfebz2]

It's on the talks and rumors we have heard that some sports were already preparing themselves to get back on track. Just follow this section and you will see how many sports are in the talks of making a comeback. Some were already set and have schedule so there will be or no vaccine, they will go back in action. As long as they have certain rules to follow regards to the prevention of covid 19, they will be granted to be back again by their sports organizations and governments.

Some national championships have already resumed competitions. For example, the German Bundesliga in football. I think the rating of these competitions after such a break and deficit is huge for the fans. But for now they can enjoy the game on TV - if I understand correctly, the games are held without spectators in the stands.

Watching sports live in the venue nowadays is not fun, you like to enjoy watching your favorite game and yet you have the worries that you might get infected with the covid-19, I guess that is not good, you'll never have 100% enjoyment with what you are doing, as for me, I'd rather watch on TV and grab some beer and feel safe.

I would definitely prefer the same rather than exchanging the safety of your health and into your family just because you do like to watch the game live yet we can do it remotely.For now it does really need up some
little sacrifices and just be patient for things to go back in to normal.

For now we should really be keen on going to crowd places because we know on what are the risk when virus do infect you (potentially die). We do need the vaccine but it seems this would really took some time
and its better to be safe for now than sorry.

There are already events which are resuming but still do follow strict procedures since we do know that we are still on a crisis.

[traderethereum]

If the vaccine will be developed in about 6 - 8 months, it will not be possible to stop the sports for that period of time. I understand the risk involved in it but if other things are opening and lockdown is lifted, why can't they lift the ban on sports by taking necessary pre-cautionary measures ?

I am not sure if the vaccine can be found in about 6-8 months because to get the right vaccine will not as simple as we thought.
Needs more test to have the right vaccine so it can be distributed to all hospital to cure the infected people.
In this month, the sports event will start again, so there is a chance for the player to come back and entertain people.
I hope that the event will be okay because the vaccine is not yet found.
But people need to be careful if they want to watch at the stadium because I think many people will want to do the same.

[spike420211]

This whole extravaganza with the vaccine is like fiction.
Even if they manage to create a vaccine in the next six months, at least the same amount of time is needed to test it.
What's the point of a vaccine if the virus mutates?

I like that in the US, Trump said that vaccination is voluntary, while in many other countries they are going to introduce mandatory vaccination.
I'm not going to become a vaccine beta tester and I do not advise you.

[BIT-BENDER]

No vaccine fine we kicking off but slowly. Covid 19 can't win the battle and shut down everything. The stop of sport then because of the corona virus was something we needed at that point -maybe because of the fast spread or where we not expecting it?- but we now have more precaution against Corona  virus

[chaser15]

No vaccine fine we kicking off but slowly. Covid 19 can't win the battle and shut down everything. The stop of sport then because of the corona virus was something we needed at that point -maybe because of the fast spread or where we not expecting it?- but we now have more precaution against Corona  virus

Exactly, there are precautions and safety measures. As days, weeks, months passed by, we have lots of ways now to prevent the spread of the virus only if followed properly.

No need to actually wait for the creation of vaccine as things can get back slowly as long as the proper implementation of health protocols will strictly follow. So strict to the point that it might be annoying. Better have it that way just to be safe.

Sports leagues do have thousands and thousands of employees and not all can be supported by the government while waiting for the vaccine on which currently, there is still no specific date when it will be made. Rather than wait, it's better that business will come back bit by bit.

[KTChampions]

Some national championships have already resumed competitions. For example, the German Bundesliga in football. I think the rating of these competitions after such a break and deficit is huge for the fans. But for now they can enjoy the game on TV - if I understand correctly, the games are held without spectators in the stands.

Watching sports live in the venue nowadays is not fun, you like to enjoy watching your favorite game and yet you have the worries that you might get infected with the covid-19, I guess that is not good, you'll never have 100% enjoyment with what you are doing, as for me, I'd rather watch on TV and grab some beer and feel safe.

Reasonable opinion, I agree with you. But until recently, you had no choice at all - the championships were completely stopped and you could not watch the competition even on TV. Now everything is gradually returning to normal, but the fact that fans who like to watch the game live will get this opportunity in the last place is obvious.

[Oceat]

I will choose A for the safety of the athletes and the audience because we already know how deadly this virus. We cannot risk precious lives and those years of practice by the athletes if ever they get affected by the virus. Scientists all over the world are trying their best to find the best vaccine that could truly eliminate the virus at once. Let's just put our hopes on them and stop being persistent because it is for our best and if you are so arrogant to know how bad it is, just look at the first country struggle to survive all day because they can't stop the virus from spreading where they have the most advanced medical technology than the third world countries.

[stomachgrowls]

I will choose A for the safety of the athletes and the audience because we already know how deadly this virus. We cannot risk precious lives and those years of practice by the athletes if ever they get affected by the virus. Scientists all over the world are trying their best to find the best vaccine that could truly eliminate the virus at once. Let's just put our hopes on them and stop being persistent because it is for our best and if you are so arrogant to know how bad it is, just look at the first country struggle to survive all day because they can't stop the virus from spreading where they have the most advanced medical technology than the third world countries.

There were first world countries that eventually able to handle out the widespread of the virus.If you do talk about US current situation then theres some careless actions that they had made thats why theyre the most heavily affected or shall we say top 1 in number of infected persons worldwide but mentioning about the possibility of same situation on other countries specially on third world countries then it would really be hard to control it
once it do able to scatter.

Option A would be the best choice but some associations now are launching up events or do continue and cant wait for the vaccine to be available yet they have said that it wont really that simple to be suspended for more months yet it do heavily affecting when it comes to revenue thing which is understandable.

[STT]

Btw its not reasonable to demand a Vaccine to resume normal business, it can be years to get a safe and effective remedy to something as tricky as this virus has turned out.  The problem is mutation is possible so it might be even more complex.
   Far more likely is adaptation, precautions and testing also I think is a big deal.   If they can at least test people then we can track, trace and reduce the spread from just one case.   Right this moment in time 1 person can spread it to 100 others and never realise the harm they did, so its lethal in that extent and sports crowds cannot exist now.

[Timelord2067]

The Australian NRL in conjunction with the Qld Chief Health Officer have mandated that with the exception of health reasons (allergy etc) all players must have had the current Influenza Vaccine injection or they will be banned from playing.  I would imagine that because it is a contact sport, when a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, that it will be required to be administered to all players as well.

[South Park]

@everyone. We would be dead if we wait hehehehe. There has never been a successful vaccine for the coronavirus group of viruses, not a successful vaccine for Sars, Mers, the common cold.

Do not be the guinea pigs if your country's health care system declares that they have the vaccine available hehe.

This is something I have been talking with my family, it seems that everyone is expecting for the vaccine to come out and get it immediately but we know that any new product regardless of what kind it is could present some kind of defect at the early stages of production, it is better to wait a little bit and see how effective it is and see if there is nothing wrong with it, once this is confirmed then we could get the vaccine with confidence it will not damage us.

[bitbollo]

It's useless wait for a vaccine to resume sport activity.
There are some phases to have a product ...
-  development (ok clickbaiting but there is any company that have a product developed)
- testing (it requires TIME a lot of time) and approved by regulatory agencies
- production (and there are already production for these type of product so probably it can't be possible adapt implants in a faster time)
- distribution
- administration to people

It could be possible to wait all these steps before the entire sports industry will resume?
No guys it's clearly impossible.

[Vaculin]

It could be possible to wait all these steps before the entire sports industry will resume?
No guys it's clearly impossible.

I agree with you, waiting longer will result to the struggle of the economy, and every countries has debt that they should pay and they can only get money from taxes, so if business are not alive, they will never get the taxes they needed. The sports will push, this is necessary for our economy to recover and we can't wait for another month as everyday the whole industry are losing billions of money.

[boyptc]

Although we are not found the vaccine yet, we have more precaution against Covid-19, so I think that can help people to keep survive in this pandemic. While the vaccine still being on research, the sports event can be restart, but with the requirement, the promoter needs to prepare everything before they allow people to visit the event place.

They will be strict for their audience if ever they want to proceed to their events.

Looking that many sports will come back in action but those are the noncontact sports probably. But for the contact sports, they will be having a hard time to resume.

[Astvile]

I agree that a working and legal vaccine should be out first before sports event takes place. It will surely take a year or so if researchers are unlucky to find good results but waiting for this will be worth it. Atleast sports organizations and athletes will feel way safer than risking doing events while this pandemic is still on and no working vaccine is out.

[bitbollo]

I agree that a working and legal vaccine should be out first before sports event takes place. It will surely take a year or so if researchers are unlucky to find good results but waiting for this will be worth it. Atleast sports organizations and athletes will feel way safer than risking doing events while this pandemic is still on and no working vaccine is out.

They are resuming already sport activities (like Bundesliga etc). it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when. They can't lock all activities waiting for an hypothesis. Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

[finaleshot2016]

I agree that a working and legal vaccine should be out first before sports event takes place. It will surely take a year or so if researchers are unlucky to find good results but waiting for this will be worth it. Atleast sports organizations and athletes will feel way safer than risking doing events while this pandemic is still on and no working vaccine is out.

They are resuming already sport activities (like Bundesliga etc). it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when. They can't lock all activities waiting for an hypothesis. Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

It's impossible for this year to create a vaccine that's on a pandemic level but I guess it's not safe to implement a sports event that will not make the athletes contact with COVID.

But yes, there are already sports even that already planned to continue like NBA's season with 22 teams.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/sport/nba-plan-22-teams-come-back-trnd/index.html

[Saint-loup]

I agree that a working and legal vaccine should be out first before sports event takes place. It will surely take a year or so if researchers are unlucky to find good results but waiting for this will be worth it. Atleast sports organizations and athletes will feel way safer than risking doing events while this pandemic is still on and no working vaccine is out.

They are resuming already sport activities (like Bundesliga etc). it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when. They can't lock all activities waiting for an hypothesis. Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

It's impossible for this year to create a vaccine that's on a pandemic level but I guess it's not safe to implement a sports event that will not make the athletes contact with COVID.

But yes, there are already sports even that already planned to continue like NBA's season with 22 teams.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/sport/nba-plan-22-teams-come-back-trnd/index.html

Why it would be "not safe to implement a sports event that will not make the athletes contact with COVID."?  I don't understand what you mean.
You think athletes should be in contact with COVID to be immune? that's your point?

[kawetsriyanto]

it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when.

Why do you say "impossible"? Have you taken research about it?
IMO, as long as people do research and always trying, it isn't impossible to find out the vaccine. But yes, the problem is no definite time about it.

Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

How can? AFAIK, the rapid test is an important part to know whether someone is exposed to a virus or not. Even if it is not the ultimate test to know the result, it is required to analyze early symptoms.

[bitbollo]

it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when.

Why do you say "impossible"? Have you taken research about it?
IMO, as long as people do research and always trying, it isn't impossible to find out the vaccine. But yes, the problem is no definite time about it.

I am working on this field (pharmaceutical development generally speaking) and it's literally impossible get a vaccine on "time" you can check my explanation below.

It's useless wait for a vaccine to resume sport activity.
There are some phases to have a product ...
-  development (ok clickbaiting but there is any company that have a product developed)
- testing (it requires TIME a lot of time) and approved by regulatory agencies
- production (and there are already production for these type of product so probably it can't be possible adapt implants in a faster time)
- distribution
- administration to people

Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

How can? AFAIK, the rapid test is an important part to know whether someone is exposed to a virus or not. Even if it is not the ultimate test to know the result, it is required to analyze early symptoms
It could be possible to wait all these steps before the entire sports industry will resume?
No guys it's clearly impossible.

There are already some test developed for easy and quick detection of COVID19, plus there are some companies that are developing a "saliva test" (same efficacy as tampon test but MORE QUICK results).

[finaleshot2016]

I agree that a working and legal vaccine should be out first before sports event takes place. It will surely take a year or so if researchers are unlucky to find good results but waiting for this will be worth it. Atleast sports organizations and athletes will feel way safer than risking doing events while this pandemic is still on and no working vaccine is out.

They are resuming already sport activities (like Bundesliga etc). it's IMPOSSIBLE wait for a vaccine: it's impossible to know if it can be created and when. They can't lock all activities waiting for an hypothesis. Athletes and Team can be safe even with rapid COVID19 tests.

It's impossible for this year to create a vaccine that's on a pandemic level but I guess it's not safe to implement a sports event that will not make the athletes contact with COVID.

But yes, there are already sports even that already planned to continue like NBA's season with 22 teams.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/sport/nba-plan-22-teams-come-back-trnd/index.html

Why it would be "not safe to implement a sports event that will not make the athletes contact with COVID."?  I don't understand what you mean.
You think athletes should be in contact with COVID to be immune? that's your point?

I mean, even though you follow safety precautions to stop COVID, it's really difficult for you to have contact with the other athletes for now. It's impossible to implement sporting events like this that won't have any incidence with COVID-19 cases and as you are subjected to an area that consists of a lot of participants, the risks of contracting the virus are getting higher.

Who would think that having a COVID is a solution for immunity to it? 

[bitbollo]

Who would think that having a COVID is a solution for immunity to it?

I hope no one since it's not ethic and a "non-sense" scientifically speaking.
You can't know if a person can develop antibodies and be immunized against disease.
You can't know how many times these antibodies will be active.
Some people has already taken more than one time COVID19. Other people have been infected for a lot of time (even months!).
What we do in the meantime? Waiting for negative tampon of a player? No training? No interactions with other players?
No this is not a solution it was already implemented at a certain point

[kawetsriyanto]

I am working on this field (pharmaceutical development generally speaking) and it's literally impossible get a vaccine on "time"~

I'm a bit surprised to know that you are really working in this filed, but it is great that I'm speaking to the right one. As you said above, it is impossible to have the vaccine "on time", so it requires a lot of time. Can I know when we probably can have the vaccine, mate? Will it take a few months till 2021? If we need to wait for till the next year, it is too long time for sports events to delay.

[milewilda]

I am working on this field (pharmaceutical development generally speaking) and it's literally impossible get a vaccine on "time"~

I'm a bit surprised to know that you are really working in this filed, but it is great that I'm speaking to the right one. As you said above, it is impossible to have the vaccine "on time", so it requires a lot of time. Can I know when we probably can have the vaccine, mate? Will it take a few months till 2021? If we need to wait for till the next year, it is too long time for sports events to delay.

Im also surprised that there were some users here which are actually on pharmaceutical field.I would like to know as well if what are the tentative sched for possible vaccine creation.
Its a little bit depressing that he do talk about to create one on time which basically talks that this would be on long time aspect.WEll, we cant generalize since not all on pharm. dev.
are on the same stage on trying to make the cure.On the other hand, even the cure isnt still available but we already have seen that sports events are gradually resuming.
Yes its still harmful or risky but we dont have any choice.

[bitbollo]

Hi @kawetsriyanto and @milewilda
yes I am working on this field and I have updated information regarding new treatment tested ...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5232377.msg54086003#msg54086003
until my company has started to make trials for this indication (COVID19) and since these are confidential information I prefer to stop to update the topic and speak about new trials.

I have shared a lot of useful information in Local Board (Italian)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5229791.msg54567842#msg54567842
and debunking all conspiracy theories.

generally speaking to have a new pharmaceutical product you should ideate, test (in silico, cells, animals humans), analyze data, etc etc. I am pretty sure we need time to have a vaccine but I hope to see a product as soon as possible.
It's impossible say an exact time.

Develop antiviral drug (I mean in this case a product not preventive like a vaccine) it's very hard plus you can't have a product valid for all patients in every stage of disease.

As I have told you can be sure that sport will resume even without a vaccine, personally I have no doubts

[rodskee]

Although we are not found the vaccine yet, we have more precaution against Covid-19, so I think that can help people to keep survive in this pandemic. While the vaccine still being on research, the sports event can be restart, but with the requirement, the promoter needs to prepare everything before they allow people to visit the event place.

They will be strict for their audience if ever they want to proceed to their events.

Looking that many sports will come back in action but those are the noncontact sports probably. But for the contact sports, they will be having a hard time to resume.

That will definitely do by them to prevent more victim of COVID-19. I am sure they will strict for their audience. Meanwhile, people better not to come to that place, and stay at their home to watch the match. That will help the work of the paramedic or professional, so they don't have to get busy to check so many audiences that come to that place.

If fans really love their favorite teams or players, best for them to watch the game at home support the sport communities by subscribing
to pay per views, its a simple way to show support.
Limiting fans and viewers from the whole crowd also avoiding the players to be infected by this virus, the lesser the chance of this virus to
spread out the better for the sport itself.
The sports organizations needs to be strict implementing every precautions to protect both players and fans.

[plvbob0070]

Although we are not found the vaccine yet, we have more precaution against Covid-19, so I think that can help people to keep survive in this pandemic. While the vaccine still being on research, the sports event can be restart, but with the requirement, the promoter needs to prepare everything before they allow people to visit the event place.

They will be strict for their audience if ever they want to proceed to their events.

Looking that many sports will come back in action but those are the noncontact sports probably. But for the contact sports, they will be having a hard time to resume.

That will definitely do by them to prevent more victim of COVID-19. I am sure they will strict for their audience. Meanwhile, people better not to come to that place, and stay at their home to watch the match. That will help the work of the paramedic or professional, so they don't have to get busy to check so many audiences that come to that place.

Even if some fans still decided to go to a sporting event, for sure that organizer and staff won't allow them to enter the said event because it will violate the protocols and it's hard to implement social distancing if the audience is allowed. Most probably that event organizer will just broadcast sports games online so fans can still watch the game.

But I think contact sports can still resume once the place is kinda safer with less positive cases of COVID. Once they made sure that athletes are safe and negative from any viruses, I think they can still resume contact sports because we can't just wait for the pandemic to cease before we can watch our favorite sports.

[peter0425]

sports are already starting to open again yet the vaccine is not cleared so it is the other way around,the sports will start the events even without the cure.

anyway most of the games can be done though without real life audience because of the social distancing.

also i think that most of indoor games can be done anytime without fans .