Baylor men’s basketball coach Scott Drew says it’s “sad” that college coaches and players in the NCAA Tournament won’t get to experience the excitement that a fan presence adds to the games.
Drew says he suspects playing in an empty arena will adequately address public health concerns and that he’s not concerned at this point about the possibility of games being canceled.NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will be played without fans in the arenas because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
The promoters of the Long Beach Grand Prix, scheduled for April outside of Los Angeles, said Wednesday the race is still planned. Blizzard Entertainment, which operates the Overwatch and Call of Duty Leagues, said scheduling considerations also are being addressed for the latter.The World Figure Skating Championships set for next week in Montreal have been canceled due to public health concerns related to the spread of the new coronavirus.The event was scheduled to bring nearly 200 skaters from more than 50 countries to Montreal. It is the premier competition of the skating season in non-Olympic years.
DeWine says the order will include banning spectators from games and that he’ll be asking people to make “informed decisions.” The New England Small College Athletic Conference says the decision comes as many NESCAC schools have told students to return home and to complete the semester remotely because of the spread of the coronavirus.
During her absence, Shiffrin lost her lead in the overall standings to Brignone, who is 153 points ahead of the American. There would have been a total of 300 points up for grabs in the last three races. The Fed Cup serves as a qualifying event for the Olympics and the ITF said it “is working closely with the IOC to address any impact this may have on athlete eligibility” for the Tokyo Games.
The Bay Area teams were set to play at Oracle Park on March 24. That was two days before the start of the regular season in Major League Baseball. That decision affects the Seattle Mariners’ first seven games of the season, when they host the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins. It also applies to home games for the MLS Seattle Sounders, XFL Seattle Dragons and a pair of junior hockey teams in the area.
What about Nascar ?
How are they canceling school but not canceling NCAABasketball games ?
How do I get my ticket money back?!
Who’s worrying about the college athletes? They will need to travel and be around lots of people. Cancel the tournament.
Good decision. Who wants to be responsible for exacerbating an already critical public health crisis? MastersOutbreakOfSouthernGeorgia
How about the just simply the games on X Box!!!
Bracket busted already
FAKE VIRUS HOAX
DrummerWrites What about if your kin by marriage ?
They should put “TVs” in every seat to live-stream individual fans at home watching the games with the volume all the way up.
Whenever Democrats and their lapdog media are singing from the same sheet of music, you can always bet, their collusion is total, BS.
No attendance because of March Madness
I wonder if wealthy people can buy their way in?
The cure is worse than the disease.
Well, that's going to cut down on the GIFs. Coronavirus MarchMadness
The price for commercials just went up
Wait so certain ppl are immune to it? Wouldnt they be just as at risk as fans This makes no sense
America the country of soft cowards & losers. Obey the Authorities. Everyone hide. Don't drive (90 people die everyday from car accidents) HIDE. Whimper 😫 Don't walk (u might fall !) Just sit. The government is arranging to take u to a sanitarium soon
Damn, now how will they afford to pay the players?
This all could have been avoided if the U.S. Government would have had the common sense to take pre-emptive measures weeks ago. The idiocracy continues...
As if these individuals are immune...
That’s going to be weird to watch, much like watching a LA Chargers game.
punchdrunk There goes the tournament and billions of dollars to prevent people from getting colds.
More like March Mildness
As long as you can still bet on the games, who cares?
MarchSadness for hospitality industry in host cities.
dsupervilleap Ridiculous panic reaction.
JonLemire StubHub VividSeats No fees for you!
One dry cough could be treated as a live grenade...
This will be like a video game glitch.
china
Wise decision NCAA.
I feel like Bird Box is now going to happen sometimes this week!
Play the games in a high school gym. Makes more sense now.
False flag
The shouldn’t let families either.
Viggystyle March madness falls
This is madness
Let’s all live in a bubble!
Can't wait to watch people throw a ball through a hoop
What about drug store staff?
So it will be just like a RaysBaseball opening day.
Wise
Wow
Thanks a lot China!
They should play basketball with a green screen so they can just CGI the audience in for viewers at home.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: CNN - 🏆 4. / 95 Read more »
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »