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The best-case scenario from this situation: playing the least profitable season in modern professional sports history. Meals, medical tests and transportation will cost yet more.ĮSPN reported that the NBA's resumption plan alone will cost more than $150 million. Housing the teams and support staff will come with an enormous bill. There are no guarantees that any of the leagues will actually pull this off just trying is going to cost them a lot. As far as trait slots go, our first pick is Target Slapper 2, which boosts Slap Shot Accuracy by +4 and decreases a useless attribute in Defensive Awareness. Star players in both leagues have tested positive for COVID-19 and two MLS teams have already been forced to withdraw from the tournament. Major League Baseball is still trying to salvage its own deal to return to play.īoth the NBA and Major League Soccer are readying to resume their seasons sequestered inside Walt Disney World as the case load soars around them in Florida. Every major sports league is scrambling right now. That potential for chaos is not unique to the NHL. "It would have been chaos in many ways," he said. He said the new collective bargaining agreement saved everyone from much deeper losses than they would have experienced. NHL defends decision to have NBC broadcast restart from Toronto hub.Now, he's host of The RealKyper at Noonstreamed by the sports betting company Line Movement. Kypreos was one of the biggest names at Sportsnet when the network spent $12 billion to buy the rights to broadcast NHL games in Canada. "For the league, it's about the inventory," said former player and broadcaster Nick Kypreos. And that doesn't even consider concessions or merchandise. Teams are set to lose $150 million to $200 million in ticket sales alone this postseason, even if play does resume as planned. You take 90 games of 20,000 people, that's 1.8 million (people) that pass through the gates." "You're talking 75-90 games," said Lander. He adds up the games played over the course of a normal NHL playoff run: eight first round series, four second round, two third round and then the Stanley Cup final.
Rather, he said, they're doing everything possible to limit heavy losses. He said professional sports leagues around the world aren't pushing to get back into action to make money. "It's totally just trying to minimize loss," said Moshe Lander, a senior economics lecturer at Concordia University in Montreal. Just maybe not the kind you're thinking of.
But above all, this was a financial decision. And it will give many fans something to cheer for during a difficult time. Yes, it feels good to see players in competition. With the NHL lurching back into competition, players and staff alike are trying to strike a delicate balance.
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