Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

[Chief]

This is part 1 of this thread.

Continued in Part 2:

Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/pages/covid-stats-australia/

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[deanc]

For those stuck at home with no live sport (the horror), I can highly recommend a couple of good books to pass the time...

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I'm not that desperate for toilet paper at the moment, but appreciate the offer....

 

[D-N-R]

Five games in 3 weeks, is a game every 4 days, so just 3 days off between games. That's asking a lot of players, even with shorter quarters. Would hate to see an increase in injuries due to shorter recovery..

01-game 1
06-game 2
11-game 3
16-game 4
21-game 5

5 days between games. They may even have a shorter break between a couple of games and then a longer break.

 

[LFC2010]

Sure he may have made bad decisions in the past, but what is he meant to do here? This is unprecedented for everyone! Nobody really knows what the right thing to do is.

The reason because he's still clearly working for Foxtel, it's the only reason why he'd want the season to start, through his own selfish greed!.

Starting the season for 4 weeks, then re doing a fixture is the most idiotic thing I've ever come across, and the fixture will into a pure money grab as well.

 

[Taylor]

Insurance for what? If a players gets Corona virus and has to stay home and play Fortnite?

If a player catches a known communicable disease while working during a pandemic the league insurance won't cover the loss of earning for life lawsuit from their family.

Nor the negligence claim.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

In the rare chance one dies
Afl would be effed

Why?

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

If the vaccine got rushed into production and the AFL had all the players vaccinated and it then turned out that the vaccination causes adult autism, would anyone notice?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

For those stuck at home with no live sport (the horror), I can highly recommend a couple of good books to pass the time...

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I've read Yellow and Black. A great read actually of the inner workings of a club.

 

[Great8]

Heard of a vaccine there m8

You know they still don’t have a vaccine for SARS yet

 

[JackOutback]

The virus is with us forever now. What if in 5 years a player tests positive will they shut the league down then and again in 8 years, 10 years. The virus is not going anywhere

It's the spike in cases this year, caused by a new disease with no vaccine, that will put massive pressure on our health system and potentially cause it to collapse. Once we get past the initial phase, it will become no different to the flu, there may be a vaccine,, others immune systems will be more prepared to fight it off etc. But this is a once-in-a-100-year event that will cause havoc this year and we just need to accept it and prepare for it.

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

For those stuck at home with no live sport (the horror), I can highly recommend a couple of good books to pass the time...

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Look at this guy flashing around the high quality loo paper

 

[Proper Gander]

I understand that but I don't see how that gels with the already shortenned season. Surely you go one or the other. The only reason for it would be if the AFL is contemplating a potential 3 month plus shut down. Which they may be, I guess I just don't see that happening os it doesnt make sense to me.

What if this all blows overby May and we have15 weeks to complete 12 rounds fo footy and theyre all being played on short quarters.

Dunno. I think I would thank my lucky stars that the threat didn’t kill or harm as many people as first anticipated. I don’t know that I would devote those months to bitching about short quarters or fewer games.

 

[james Dean]

You know they still don’t have a vaccine for SARS yet

They gave up developing one because the virus kind of just faded off

 

[kaiserchief13]

In the rare chance one dies
Afl would be effed

How could player prove they caught it during a game?

 

[Reborn]

They gave up developing one because the virus kind of just faded off

No

 

[Plugger35]

If a player catches a known communicable disease while working during a pandemic the league insurance won't cover the loss of earning for life lawsuit from their family.

Nor the negligence claim.

People could catch this virus working in all manner of jobs, doctors, nurses, supermarket workers etc, how is the AFL any different to other employers?

 

[Capriati]

You know they still don’t have a vaccine for SARS yet

That's because they stopped investing in finding a vaccine after it's impact receded.

 

[Aussie in exile]

How could player prove they caught it during a game?

How could they prove he didn't

 

[gingernuts]

For those stuck at home with no live sport (the horror), I can highly recommend a couple of good books to pass the time...

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Would not wipe me arse with them

 

[UAWM]

For those stuck at home with no live sport (the horror), I can highly recommend a couple of good books to pass the time...

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Only a couple? I got about 3 or 4 i can recommend

 

[Taylor]

People could catch this virus working in all manner of jobs, doctors, nurses, supermarket workers etc, how is the AFL any different to other employers?

You'll notice how businesses are closing entire offices if one person tests positive, they have to be taking all reasonable measures to ensure they don't put their staff at risk.

All these other codes have called off their seasons but the AFL believes itself above it. Who is taking reasonable action?

It's not something you want to argue in court knowing that the loss of one player could cost the league $10m.

 

[kaiserchief13]

How could they prove he didn't

In civil cases surely the onus on the accuser

 

[daicos4ever]

People could catch this virus working in all manner of jobs, doctors, nurses, supermarket workers etc, how is the AFL any different to other employers?

Is that a serious question?

 

[quotemokc]

Presser in 10 minutes

 

[Taylor]

In civil cases surely the onus on the accuser

The balance of probabilities is worked out.

If the player is quarantined and none of the non playing team mates test positive and the opponent does. Well, what are the chances that infection started from a player source.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

In civil cases surely the onus on the accuser

No law talking guy, but isn't it just "balance of probability".