Donald trump has organized a telephone meeting with the commissioners of the main sports leagues in the United States (Gary Bettman of the NHL; Cathy Engelbert of the WNBA; Don Garber of the MLS; Roger Goodell of the NFL; Rob Manfred of the NBL; Vince McMahon of WWE; Jay Monahan of the PGA; Dana White of the UFC; LPGA’s Michael Whan; Drew Fleming, president of the Breeders ’Cup; Roger Penske, owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway; and Adam Silver, top brass of the NBA) plus a couple of government advisers to update the situation and tell them what it is your vision of the coronavirus crisis right now.
The feeling of the American president, taking into account the medical reports he has, make him believe that stadiums could become crowded with fans in late August or early September. That is why, focusing on the NFL (the most popular sports competition in the country), he believes that American football should follow its calendar and start when the summer ends, as Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski revealed in ESPN.
In the NBA context the relevance of this proposal is clear: it would be his last cartridge to end the season. In the multiple formats that Adam Silver and the owners of the franchises are considering, that limit, that of August and September, is the red line that has been drawn to crown a 2019/20 champion. Changes are planned in the ‘playoffs’ to be able to do it, unique venues in cities with little basketball but commercial demand, future changes derived from them … but the deadline It is still August and September.
Adam Silver would have dropped that the NBA would like to lead the revival of the country’s economy once they have the OK of the health institutions once they were the ones who, trying to serve as an example, stopped the League in the first place when they saw the rate of infection and how the disease developed in the US
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