The rocky start to the baseball season is leaving some fans disappointed, with a number of games on hold because of a coronavirus outbreak on the Miami Marlins.
The rocky start to the baseball season is leaving some fans disappointed, with a number of games on hold because of a coronavirus outbreak on the Miami Marlins. After more than a dozen Miami Marlins players tested positive for the coronavirus, games scheduled in Miami and Philadelphia, where the Marlins last played, were postponed. While some may question the wisdom of holding games at all, even without fans in the stands, the lessons that sports leagues have learned so far about keeping players safe from the virus may be lessons for all of us. Shortened seasons and playing in „bubbles“ to control the spread are some of the ways sports leagues have managed to keep playing during the pandemic. Staying at home and restricting who you interact with Read More The National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association are keeping their players in a bubble — an enclosed environment where participants live, practice and play all games, similar to a strategy of staying home and avoiding people outside your own bubble. So far, so good: During its two-week training camp that concluded Saturday, the NHL administered thousands of tests to its more than 800 players, the league said Monday. There were two positive tests the first week and none the second. Miami Marlins‘ season on hold after more players test positive for Covid-19 „All 24 teams entered the secure zone in Edmonton and Toronto yesterday,“ the NHL said in a statement Monday. „Each of the 52 members of the 24 teams (Players and Club staff) will be tested on a daily basis,“ the NHL said in a statement Monday. In the NBA, which has been keeping its players in a bubble at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, none of the 344 players tested since July 20 have tested positive for the coronavirus, the league and player’s union said Wednesday. Only two players have tested positive since the bubble opened, and that was between July 7 and 13. The NBA restarts its 2019-2020 season Thursday at the resort near Orlando. And the leagues are taking the bubble strategy seriously.
