'But using the media as a patsy allows the leagues to look as if they’re doing something so people stop raising the possibility of playing games behind closed doors,' writes nrarmour of usatodaysports.
, and that’s understandable. There have been more than 110,000 confirmed cases and 3,500 deaths around the globe, and there still is no vaccine or cure for it. New cases are reported every day in the United States, and our government is ill-equipped to handle a pandemic.
But closing locker rooms and clubhouses does almost nothing to address that. It’s the equivalent of giving a couple of Tylenol to someone who is bleeding from the head. The leagues and owners want to claim they’re doing something without having to put their profits at risk, and this allows them to do it.Unless there’s a study I’ve missed, broadcasters and reporters are no more likely to have or spread the coronavirus than anyone else. Even if they are, they’re still going to be at games.
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