Here’s how major sports leagues like the NCAA, NBA, MLB and NFL are responding to the coronavirus.
The latest coronavirus information shows that, as of March 11, the virus has infected over 121,000 people and killed more than 4,300 worldwide. Many cities and organizations are canceling events that call for a lot of people to gather in person. Here’s how the major sports leagues and organizations are handling the ongoing coronavirus situation.The NCAA released a statement outlining that the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, aka March Madness, will take place without fans.
iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } The NBA has had multiple league-wide conference calls where teams were told to prepare for the possibility of playing games this season in empty arenas, or neutral site locations where there is less of a coronavirus threat, according to ESPN DIS, -5.33% .
The San Francisco Mayor’s office announced a ban of large group events of 1,000 or more people, which would include Golden State Warriors home games. The Warriors plan to play home games without fans for the foreseeable future, according to ESPN.Major League Baseball informed teams that it plans to play all spring training games, and start the regular season as scheduled.
Baseball fans are still coming to spring training baseball games, but they aren’t getting the same access they normally do. The league sent a memo to teams urging players to pre-sign items like baseballs and bats for fans -- a recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an effort to limit people’s potential exposure to the virus.
The next upcoming fan event on the league’s calendar is the NFL Draft on April 23. Brian McCarthy, an NFL spokesperson, said plans for the draft, “remain in place.”The National Hockey league is yet another league that has temporarily closed its locker rooms to all nonessential personnel in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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