effective against If you’re anyt
like me then you probably have
July twenty third and July
thirtieth circled on your
calendar. Those are the dates
the two dates that we may
actually see some sports again
but the MLB and NBA have
already released their
schedules and most teams are
starting to practice but- I’m
gonna admit I’m not overly
confident that we’ll see any
games this summer because the
pandemic. Has not been kind to
either league let’s take the M.
L. B. for example as I
mentioned the league is
scheduled to start their
content sixteen game season on
July twenty third but we’re
just eight days into the month
and it’s already been an
eventful week for the league.
Let’s go back to July third
that’s when the league released
its first round of coping
nineteen tests at that time the
MLB says thirty eight all the
more than thirty one hundred
players and staff members they
tested positive. But on Monday
several teams they had to
cancel practice because the
league addicts. At a late in
getting around October nineteen
test return and according to
the health protocols agreed
upon by the MLB and its players
association. Are supposed to be
tested every other day and then
receive results within twenty
four to forty eight hours but
because of the holiday weekend
the MLB says fat acts their
exclusive partner was able to
deliver the results on time.
Now this yesterday the Boston
Red Sox in Kansas City Royals
reported one of their players
had tested positive and said
it’s a strong possibility that
neither player will be able to
return or suit up for opening
day. Now I’m like the N. B. A.
the MLB does not have its team
practicing in one specific
location so whether that means
players have a greater risk of
catching over nineteen it’s
something have to. An talk the-
job no thanks our look. At well
as you may be able to seize in
one location twenty of the
thirty teams compete in oral.
In what’s now being a bubble
the guy is to basically limit
the players exposure to the
virus but so far dozens of NBA
players have already tested
positive as well and within the
last week several teams have
had to cancel their practices
just yesterday Brooklyn nets
player Spencer Dinwiddie
announced he tested positive
then because of his health he
would not be playing for the
remainder of the year. The NBA
is scheduled to start one week
later then the MLB so they have
a little bit more time to get
things in order but keep in
mind their so called bubble is
located in Florida which is
dealing with its own challenges
with covered nineteen NBA
commissioner Adam silver is a
knowledge and that if cases
continue to spike there the
season may have to shut down
completely. Now for more on
what the future may hold for
sports or what we can expect in
the next few weeks joining us
is- from the injury expert is
will Carol thank you so much
for being with us today will
are you son. There are well
actually it is to see the or
the MLB in in the summer. I
think we’ve got a very good she
what see far. Has been more of
the kind of bumps and bruises
that you normally get when
instituting a new procedure we
saw this with the- the drug
testing procedure for steroids
and other drugs. With both
leagues- yeah shipping delays.
Really this is more about the
PR. Making sure that everybody
really trusts it is what’s key
and these delays certainly
don’t help major league
baseball’s gonna terrible job
instituting this of giving
things up and running. But
they’ve done that a lot. I just
don’t think we’ve got enough
positive test shut things down
and I’m not sure what actually
will we’ve seen- up to ten
positive tests on the team.
They’ve got sixty players and
only need thirty I think what
we’re going to. Use to in this
norm. Be regularly. I will have
to see whether there’s sort of
immune. That still top you
could if you can only get six.
Of work within the legal
numbers down but these teams
are getting ready they’re
supposed to be isolating and
that’s gonna be the weakness
for both Major League Baseball
in the NBA’s bubble is that
isolation. And do you think
other sports leagues should
follow suit filed and the
strategy and keep. Players in a
ball. I don’t think the
bubble’s gonna were because-
basically it’s a very good
bubble to begin with you know
people are going in and out-
they’re gonna have people
delivering food. Disney
announced they were gonna be
testing all their people so I
think this is problematic-
we’ve seen it in England and
Germany when it restarted their
football leagues. The people
snuck out- mobiles only as good
as the players- and young rich
man. Thank you lord the only
gonna play Xbox for so long
they’re gonna want some some
company they’re going to want
to go out on the town. And one
person speaks out if you go all
in one location. Everybody
could be exposed in that one
big ballroom of hard work right
I could see that being a big
rest stop let’s talk about the
overall landscape of sports in.
General what. The will live
players in for. As I. Every of
our lives change. Actually and
that’s the thing we’re gonna
have to a to how are we going
to. What does the new normal
look like- it is half full
stadiums going to be what we’re
we’re gonna have to live with-
people going to. Wear masks
when they’re out of game. How
are we going to do the kind of
testing that we’re seeing for
Major League Baseball. And the
NBA at the college level. The
high school level. The testing
is the key and the problem is
that you getting tested every
other day as Major League
Baseball is. Just isn’t
practical for a school our
youth program. Hey just you and
me it’s very difficult to get
to these tests- if you can’t at
all so the fact that the- multi
million dollar organization you
can get that number of tasks
and organize a lab that’s just
not something that others.
Around the country’s going to
be able to do and well let’s
say a player gets injured it’s
not unusual for some athletes
to get a second opinion from a
health professional who doesn’t
work for the team so how do you
think. That will play out now.
I don’t think that’s going to
be a real problem you’re mostly
they go to the Super surgeons
and Jim Andrews and- both of
those are team doctors for
respective teams in. In Tampa
Bay or Los Angeles as a work so
if you really want to see one
of them they’re already
technically in the bubble also
think telemedicine is going to
be a lot. Most of the time
these all orthopedic injuries
are diagnosed by MRI. The most
can be sent you can go no
contact visit. All the- all the
teams have very good doctors so
a second opinion by
telemedicine would be very
difficult. Got it all righty
thank you so much for Carol for