Sports icons and Covid19 complications

[CryptocurencyKing]

Sports and Covid19

In order to ensure the continuity of the spirit of good sportsmanship and to entertain fans of sports, various sporting activities ensured the resumption and opening of their sporting arena with a strict adherence to the Covid19 pandemic guidelines but it always seems not enough, considering the travelling aspect of most sports as a necessity. The new normal is also believed to have been a major influence to the outcomes of most team meetings as it's valuable players, couches and directives with Covid19 complications are isolated away from sporting engagements as a way of preventing the spread of the virus.

Of recent, the FIFA president Giani Infantino has been reported to be infected with Covid19. Infantino is believed to have done little of traveling since the pandemic though, it was rightly reported of his attendance of a normalised relations signing with Israel and UAE at the white house sometime last month FIFA president Infantino is currently in isolation and FIFA has advised all who came in contact with him to take necessary steps for safety reasons.
This is sure to influence decision making in soccer as the president is going to be more skeptical with cases related to the pandemic.
Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-fifa/story/4219082/coronavirus-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-tests-positivein-isolation

Chaos hits Lazio as nine players has been reported missing from training camp due to covid-19 complications. The coach was left to train with less than 15 players in preparation for their next match in the Uefa champions league with Club brugge. Bad news for Lazio as one of the infected player is Ciro Immobile, a formidable striker and his absence from the game is surely going to result in a significant impact on the game.
Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8884201/Lazio-fear-coronavirus-chaos-NINE-players-missing-training-Club-Brugge-trip.html

Earlier on, Christiano Ronaldo has been in Isolation and have missed not just his nations but now, his games at Juventus and his absence on the pitch is very much reflected on the games.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cristiano-ronaldo-tests-positive-covid-19-73585875

Football was almost normalizing as some had started allowing fans to feature at the games but with this current turn out of events, what do you think would be the effect on sports.

[swogerino]

I think this will not impact soccer negatively in general.Cristiano has been posting all over social media the training he was doing when he had Covid 19 and his form looked and looks great,physical form.The players of a certain team will impact negatively only the team and not soccer in general.No matter Europe has been hit with the second wave of Covid 19 I think sports will go on.

[Ucy]

Well, football/soccer is actually one of the games we believe shouldn't be part of the allowed games in the crisis because it violate the health safety rules of social distancing. It actually creates the risk of players bump against each, coming very close to each other and spreading the disease. The case could be different where the spectators are if they will social distance or space properly.... and the players have to accept to take the risk for the sake of fan.
 The most important thing is to ensure that no one breaks the health safety rules, but It will be hard for the players not to break the rules due to the nature of the game. If rules can be followed strictly and the players health safety guaranteed, then they could go ahead.
Hope they will let in less than stadium capacity to avoid crowds.

[Cnut237]

Chaos hits Lazio as nine players has been reported missing from training camp due to covid-19 complications. The coach was left to train with less than 15 players in preparation for their next match in the Uefa champions league

It does add a huge element of unpredictability. We might think that individual sports might be worst affected, but obviously team sports can be as well because the players are together, and once one contracts the virus it can sweep through the whole squad very quickly. As well as impacting results, there can of course also be a huge financial effect - the Champions League being an example, particularly once it reaches the knock-out stages, where one bad result can end your participation. If your squad gets the virus just before an important match, it can mean being knocked out and receiving no more Champions League revenue for the season.

[Pmalek]

The virus affects the teams both on a sporting level but also financially. Since you mentioned Ronaldo, he has been unavailable for his team in the last two weeks. That has caused problems in attack and some unexpected results. The COVID-19 situation in Italy is getting worse again, and the sporting authorities have responded by disallowing fans to attend football matches. This will impact the teams financially. Tonight, one of the biggest matches is Juventus - Barcelona. A sold-out Juventus Arena would surely have brought the club revenues of €4-5 Million just from ticket sales, but that wont happen now. Millions would be watching on TV, but those numbers will also be lower since Ronaldo isn't playing.

[Wexnident]

Nothing we can do about it. Sports organizations have already started going back to training and practice for tournaments, so if their star players simply get off due to contracting the covid, they have basically no choice but to drop out. It's not like they can ask the organizations to temporarily stop the tournaments and the like due to one team having their star players out of the game, though it does affect sportsbook bets since most matches would already have a determined winner most of the time.

They could stop the tournaments for now though, have everyone undergo tests, as well as a self-quarantine of 14 days (strict quarantine) to guarantee that none would get infected by the day of the match. They could also even limit interaction to only those in the same team as well as trainers.

[Yudhisthir]

What we all know to realize is we are going to get it one way or other at some point in our life. The best way is to be prepared for it and do appropriately to recover from it. We've seen players have a better resistance against it and most of them tested positive are as good as ever but their are study suggesting it could have a long term effect on the lungs which maybe a issue for any athletes. It's someone like Infantino that may suffer a lot but he don't have to play on field.

[dothebeats]

If players and all staff inside the dome/bubble have quarantined and no one is allowed to go out of the dome, it just goes to show that the weak link of such a setup lies on either the security or the ones who are handling the food and processing them. The bubble is honestly a huge petri dish of disaster once an individual contracted the virus, and there's no point continuing the said event if most of them have close contacts with each and everyone since most of them will fall sick like dominos due to the high infectivity rate of the virus. Then again, the sporting event has started, and it will be difficult for the organizers to budge considering that huge money is on the line here.

[traderethereum]

I heard about Christiano Ronaldo's news, and I am really sad. We can wish that he will be okay and pass the virus and come back to the field again.
I guess we need to look at how they live, what they did if they don't practice for the match, and how they can protect themselves against the virus because we can see that many people out there do not care about the virus.
If many players can not protect themselves from the virus and don't wear a mask while in the public area, they can get an infection from other people they don't know.

But we hope that the sports will not stop because the players get infected, but if many players get an infection, then there is nothing we can do except to see the sports will be stopped and cancel from the match.
We need to help ourselves to help other people's health.

[Oasisman]

Football was almost normalizing as some had started allowing fans to feature at the games but with this current turn out of events, what do you think would be the effect on sports.

Football and other sports that occupies the big field may partially normalize and start allowing fans to sit even with 3 seats apart as the stadium's capacity is greater than any other indoor sports.
In the events of corona outbreak inside the league might create a bad impact if not contained within a day of the outbreak. That also depends on the discipline of the players and staff inside the league. Although athletes are usually asymptomatic.

[Lakai01]

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This will impact the teams financially. Tonight, one of the biggest matches is Juventus - Barcelona. A sold-out Juventus Arena would surely have brought the club revenues of €4-5 Million just from ticket sales, but that wont happen now. Millions would be watching on TV, but those numbers will also be lower since Ronaldo isn't playing.

This is also by far the biggest problem I see here. The athletes themselves are both physically and mentally in extremely good shape and receive top medical care, so I dare to say that Corona will pass almost all professionals almost without a trace.

But the financial impact of Covid will actually become a problem. The clubs are currently missing out on unbelievably high revenues:

• The games take place without spectators as so-called "ghost games", so there is no income from ticket sales
• As a result, all other revenues generated by match days are also missing, including fan article sales from the stores and sales in the stadium itself (beer, snacks, etc.)
• Advertising contracts will be shortened due to the significantly lower reach
• ...

This even goes so far that the cities where the teams come from (Madrid, London, ...) receive much less income from tourism, because the fans are simply missing. And all this in the best time of the Champions League around Christmas. Many teams are already heavily in debt. Lack of income will now inevitably lead to the fact that probably even large clubs will go bankrupt.

[Darker45]

COVID-19 has affected almost everything in our normal lives. That includes sports. Although many countries and sports leagues have already resumed sports matches and games, the situation is still far from the normal days prior to the pandemic. We have seen how once full-packed arenas are now empty of live audiences during sports events. Some matches that were cancelled due to the pandemic haven't been staged yet until now.

It seems to me the fun and intensity that once characterized sports events are now reduced significantly with games held in bubbles. It was kind of surreal watching heated boxing and MMA matches which ended up like mere sparring sessions with only the players' corner team present.

[yazher]

I think we have no guarantee to watch a sports match that has some normal audience in this following match even in the NBA if they really start the next season in December. because as you can see we haven't concluded the outbreak of the Covid19 yet and the vaccine has not even had a published record. In other words, we will stay at this new normal without knowing when to get back to the normal life we had. Everything has been affected and also not only sports but the schools became complicated nowadays.



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[notblox1]

https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1321434883818983426

People please use your head and think, current PCR tests for covid19 are bullshit like Cristiano Ronaldo said.
Look at the stats and you will see that over 99% infected people with this virus fully recovers, and I would say that are good odds for any gamblers.
Many leagues in Europe started to allow crowd in limited numbers and I think that is right decision.

[avikz]

When a door closes, several other opens up! That's exactly what happened to Sports industry as well. Since they are not able to sell huge number of tickets, the price of broadcasting rights have gone up and the channel is seeking more money from the advertisers. So the money flow has not affected much. It's just the source has changed!

Definitely it's an entirely different experience to watch a football game live from the gallery than the TV. But that's the new normal I believe! Either we adopt or quarantine term is waiting for us!

[robelneo]

Football was almost normalizing as some had started allowing fans to feature at the games but with this current turn out of events, what do you think would be the effect on sports.

I would like to discuss the subject in general since football is not popular here in our country basketball and boxing are, sporting events are in a new normal, a new normal that keeps the exictement going, we still don't have the presence of the fans in the blenchers and stadium, but they make their presence felt by posting on social medias of their support, we can already call it an achievement, they are restricted but the outcome and results are awesome.

[Johnyz]

Players are indeed taking a lot of risk just to play the game that they loved and of course the fans are also taking risk watching it live, but for now we have to paused for a while and think if its worth taking risk though players are indeed physically fit, but there's no assurance for this since Covid-19 is very dangerous. Even if the sports club resume their live events with the limited audience, I will still not watch live because my life is more important than anything else, and no worries since I can still watch then through online.

[Sadlife]

They should have strict measures to players just like what the NBA has done. They form rules and regulations to the new normal, restricting players from interacting with crowded or going outside, and added virtual fans to boost players morale. That's why the event was successful with no player getting infected with the disease.

[plvbob0070]

Even if they will implement a strict health protocol, it does not give an assurance to everyone, even the players, couches, and staff that they are safe from getting infected. As long as there's a virus, there is a chance that they will get infected. So even if how strict they are with the protocol during practice or matches, it won't be enough as long as there's no vaccine yet.

The same with football, several sports are already trying to slowly go back to normal while applying the protocols. However, scenarios like this can happen where someone from the team gets infected, so I think they should also be ready for this kind of situation now while we are still adjusting to the new set up.

[GeorgeJohn]

Sports and Covid19

Of recent, the FIFA president Giani Infantino has been reported to be infected with Covid19. Infantino is believed to have done little of traveling since the pandemic though, it was rightly reported of his attendance of a normalised relations signing with Israel and UAE at the white house sometime last month FIFA president Infantino is currently in isolation and FIFA has advised all who came in contact with him to take necessary steps for safety reasons.
This is sure to influence decision making in soccer as the president is going to be more skeptical with cases related to the pandemic.

Yeah, it's obvious that corona virus disease is a transmitted disease and since some players has come in contacts with the virus, I think the best option is to take a proper treatment to avoid other player been infected and it's a something that concerns FiFA so if it's not well treated others might come across of it, so therefore other players have to be conscious of their selves to avoid contamination because everyone knows that the disease is dangerous, from my perspective , irrespective their normalisation others have to isolate them within a short time in order to verify their body reaction first.