Corona impact on NRL...?

[JD Tiger]

It's fairly ridiculous. I understand trying to stop spread, but that should be down to the individual self-isolating and not forcing things to close down.


Self isolation doesn't work in the general population - too many irresponsible people in the world to rely on their own judgement. You get some fool who says "Hey, I've got it and I'm not that sick" who walks into a nursing home and kills half the patients.

I see little personal risk in going to a football game, but the risk of spread is enormous and can't be ignored. If 20% of the population get it (as is being conservatively estimated) that's around 1.5 million cases in NSW alone. Statistically 20% of those (310,000) will need treatment in hospital (there's only 140,000 beds in Australia) and around 3% (45,000) will die. Our health system will collapse if the spread isn't contained. Imagine trying to get treated for a stroke or heart attack when the system is so overwhelmed. 4 hours waits in AED become 3 week waits.

It may not seem that serious, but in Italy they simply won't treat people over 60 who have other medical conditions. The Drs are basically making decisions on who they let die.

Thry are saying in Italy apparently being sick with the corona virus and not isolating oneself may be seen as a crime.

 

[happy_tiger]

Skyfire in Canberra is cancelled (edit: postponed sorry), and a personality on the radio station promoting it has now said that the Raiders Titans game tonight will be closed to spectators. Nothing official yet, but for a 6 o'clock kickoff, I'm expecting it at any second.

Still a rumour at this point, on Kristen Davidson Facebook page.

My understanding is the Cows v Broncos game has the go ahead from the State Govt

 

[Strider]

NRL without audience cheering is boring so I hope they would add in artificial cheering sound effects to TV if so lol. Seriously it's not as exciting. If they do cancel NRL for one week, they might as well cancel the season. Because it's not going away in one week or one month. Maybe 6 months one year.

hopefully they add a wilhelm scream every time a player gets tackled or drops the ball......

Yes I like it. And Benny Hill theme music on replays when a player messed up. Like if Ben Hunt drops the ball. Might not be so bad after all

 

[voice_of_reason]

Thry are saying in Italy apparently being sick with the corona virus and not isolating oneself may be seen as a crime.

It probably should be. It's not unlike an HIV positive person having unprotected sex.
Cite the case of a person in Melbourne (I believe) who went for a test, was told to go home and wait for the results, but instead went to the supermarket and the pub. He tested positive.
One irresponsible person could easily infect hundreds of others. Apathy is our greatest risk.

 

[WT2K]

https://twitter.com/DaveRic1/status/1238320334362644481?s=19
BREAKING: Both @NRL games tonight between @RaidersCanberra @GCTitans and @nthqldcowboys @brisbanebroncos will be played as NORMAL. @NRL will re-asses remainder of round on Saturday morning. @telegraph_sport

 

[WT2K]

https://twitter.com/Danny_Weidler/status/1238322948030615553?s=19
BREAKING: Sharks have told me two players were sent home with flu like symptoms. The club is following an NRL recommendation to be extra cautious with all players. Definitely no confirmation of Coronavirus @9NewsSyd @NRLonNine

 

[Fade.To.Black]

The players all love their PlayStation and X-Box, maybe we can have this season played out on the consoles? Much the same as the Yanks with their Madden Challenge competition that screened on ESPN a few months back.
Sick as hell of hearing the word coronavirus.

 

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BREAKING: Government has given advice to ban gatherings of more than 500 people. Story from @CUhlmann @NRLonNine @9NewsSyd

Umm.... Like a school or workplace?

It's fairly ridiculous. I understand trying to stop spread, but that should be down to the individual self-isolating and not forcing things to close down.

For example, if they were to cancel a football match, you are talking around 20K people within approx 0.5 square kilometre of each other. Individually you'd come into close contact with perhaps a few hundred people as you walk into and out of the ground, get a beer, use the toilet. I can't cough onto the young family in the boxes or behind the tryline. So they would cancel this.

But you are free to catch a train right now into town at peak hour, when you would be automatically sharing a enclosed cabin with about 50-100 people, on a platform with 1000 people, touching railings of several thousands of people have already touched it that day, going to a place where 10s of thousands of people are working and milling about.

Tonight alone tens of thousands of people will probably be out and about, drinking and eating, getting less and less careful with their bodily selves as the beers pile up.

But of course you need to think about banning football? Don't get it.

Best post I've read re: this virus.
Public transport, shopping centres, workplaces, schools etc are still free-for-all's.....the virus will spread through those avenues anyway.

 

[Tcat]

I believe it's too late with regards to sporting events, travel etc. How about public transport, food courts at shopping centres, c'mon politicians. With a vaccine around 12 months away, unfortunately you just can't stop gatherings, travel, school for that period of time. The world simply wont survive econonimically. Some say, you can limit the spread at least, that will only work in the short term and the disease will start spreading again. I honestly believe, most of us will probably get this virus at some stage and we can add it to our list of boring stories we can tell be people 2 weeks after the virus is gone and we are living their lives again. Oh sorry, my bad, we will still be living behind closed doors, wiping our dates with our bare hands. This virus will ride itself out before a vaccine is available. Just my opinion.

 

[Sco77y]

BREAKING: Government has given advice to ban gatherings of more than 500 people. Story from @CUhlmann @NRLonNine @9NewsSyd

Umm.... Like a school or workplace?

It's fairly ridiculous. I understand trying to stop spread, but that should be down to the individual self-isolating and not forcing things to close down.

For example, if they were to cancel a football match, you are talking around 20K people within approx 0.5 square kilometre of each other. Individually you'd come into close contact with perhaps a few hundred people as you walk into and out of the ground, get a beer, use the toilet. I can't cough onto the young family in the boxes or behind the tryline. So they would cancel this.

But you are free to catch a train right now into town at peak hour, when you would be automatically sharing a enclosed cabin with about 50-100 people, on a platform with 1000 people, touching railings of several thousands of people have already touched it that day, going to a place where 10s of thousands of people are working and milling about.

Tonight alone tens of thousands of people will probably be out and about, drinking and eating, getting less and less careful with their bodily selves as the beers pile up.

But of course you need to think about banning football? Don't get it.

Best post I've read re: this virus.
Public transport, shopping centres, workplaces, schools etc are still free-for-all's.....the virus will spread through those avenues anyway.

100%. It's a somewhat preventative measure, but maybe only in terms of delay. So long as you have all of those other contact points, that is just going to nullify any superficial efforts to contain it.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

clubs better be refubding portion of memberships to fans

 

[Strider]

NBA is on halt, and fair enough, it would be so lame to watch NBA even on TV without an audience lol. Not really worth it. I feel NRL similar. Empty stadium. No crowd noise. Would be pretty weak. It would feel like watching teams practise. My view is let crowds in or just cancel the season. Imagine State Of Origin without an audience. It's not like Corona will be gone by then. Just let fans in and take their risk is my 2c

 

[Tiger_Steve]

BREAKING: Government has given advice to ban gatherings of more than 500 people. Story from @CUhlmann @NRLonNine @9NewsSyd

Umm.... Like a school or workplace?

It's fairly ridiculous. I understand trying to stop spread, but that should be down to the individual self-isolating and not forcing things to close down.

For example, if they were to cancel a football match, you are talking around 20K people within approx 0.5 square kilometre of each other. Individually you'd come into close contact with perhaps a few hundred people as you walk into and out of the ground, get a beer, use the toilet. I can't cough onto the young family in the boxes or behind the tryline. So they would cancel this.

But you are free to catch a train right now into town at peak hour, when you would be automatically sharing a enclosed cabin with about 50-100 people, on a platform with 1000 people, touching railings of several thousands of people have already touched it that day, going to a place where 10s of thousands of people are working and milling about.

Tonight alone tens of thousands of people will probably be out and about, drinking and eating, getting less and less careful with their bodily selves as the beers pile up.

But of course you need to think about banning football? Don't get it.

Was just arguing this exact point at work. Gee - maybe you’re having an effect on my debating ?

 

[swag_tiger]

NBA is on halt, and fair enough, it would be so lame to watch NBA even on TV without an audience lol. Not really worth it. I feel NRL similar. Empty stadium. No crowd noise. Would be pretty weak. It would feel like watching teams practise. My view is let crowds in or just cancel the season. Imagine State Of Origin without an audience. It's not like Corona will be gone by then. Just let fans in and take their risk is my 2c

The thing is are you prepared to have 2 seasons cancelled as this will probably still be around come the 2021 season.

 

[Spacecub]

Personally I think this is the biggest overreaction in the history of the world....so I can't go to the cricket today for the fear of infection....but tomorrow I can go to Westfield shopping, tomorrow night I can go to the caringbah pub and see a band with a hundred other punters....the world's gone nuts

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Personally I think this is the biggest overreaction in the history of the world....so I can't go to the cricket today for the fear of infection....but tomorrow I can go to Westfield shopping, tomorrow night I can go to the caringbah pub and see a band with a hundred other punters....the world's gone nuts

Absolutely. This is 100% crazy.

 

[Spacecub]

I believe it's too late with regards to sporting events, travel etc. How about public transport, food courts at shopping centres, c'mon politicians. With a vaccine around 12 months away, unfortunately you just can't stop gatherings, travel, school for that period of time. The world simply wont survive econonimically. Some say, you can limit the spread at least, that will only work in the short term and the disease will start spreading again. I honestly believe, most of us will probably get this virus at some stage and we can add it to our list of boring stories we can tell be people 2 weeks after the virus is gone and we are living their lives again. Oh sorry, my bad, we will still be living behind closed doors, wiping our dates with our bare hands. This virus will ride itself out before a vaccine is available. Just my opinion.

You should be running the country tcat....you make so much sense

 

[happy_tiger]

Personally I think this is the biggest overreaction in the history of the world....so I can't go to the cricket today for the fear of infection....but tomorrow I can go to Westfield shopping, tomorrow night I can go to the caringbah pub and see a band with a hundred other punters....the world's gone nuts

Absolutely. This is 100% crazy.

Don't worry that time is probably not far around the corner ...they can't obviously make an announcement like that overnight unlike sport or concerts

 

[Leck]

NBA is on halt, and fair enough, it would be so lame to watch NBA even on TV without an audience lol. Not really worth it. I feel NRL similar. Empty stadium. No crowd noise. Would be pretty weak. It would feel like watching teams practise. My view is let crowds in or just cancel the season. Imagine State Of Origin without an audience. It's not like Corona will be gone by then. Just let fans in and take their risk is my 2c

I don't agree, if you love a sport you tune in to watch your favourite team and athletes play. I understand that atmosphere is important but in the end we all talk about the players and the plays, not the crowd.

If the season has to go behind closed doors I'm all for it and I would rather that, then the season being suspended or cancelled.

 

[rustycage]

Skyfire in Canberra is cancelled (edit: postponed sorry), and a personality on the radio station promoting it has now said that the Raiders Titans game tonight will be closed to spectators. Nothing official yet, but for a 6 o'clock kickoff, I'm expecting it at any second.

Still a rumour at this point, on Kristen Davidson Facebook page.

My understanding is the Cows v Broncos game has the go ahead from the State Govt

There's a stadium to open. Lots of hand shaking to be had. Or maybe they'll ankle tap, bow, curtsey, elbow bump, rain dance....who knows?