So using the NFL as a model includes not allowing customers into your place of business? Just wear a mask.
Some stadia are allowing people in, based upon the infection rate in the area, and on a limited basis. I went to the bakery this morning to get a dozen cookies. Only two in the lobby at a time, everyone masked, socially distanced, and heavy sanitation. The issue is really how responsible the customers are going to be. Bars, of course, are the nadir of responsibility. Sports attendees are right there.
I don't disagree with you, but I'd suggest we are going to see a massive amount of business closings if we continue to limit customers (I don't think the prices of supplies or rent is going to go down much). It's long past time for Americans to act on other Americans behalf and actually do the work that is required to gain the upper hand until a vaccination program has been in place for a while (wear a mask, wash your hands, safely distance, avoid indoor crowds). It's not rocket science.
? Sports support sports, not the institutions they represent.
I see you pick your football teams like you pick your presidents, losers, and now you want your money back for your poor choices.
I care not what picture you choose to use. I do pay attention, to your words.
Care to explain how sports money funds
If you'd care to argue that 10% of athletic revenue makes institutions what they are, have at it.
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Saving lives is worth it. Killing people so that beer drinking hillbillies can watch grown men bump into each other is dumb, even if it is profitable.
How about letting each individual decide for himself how much risk he is willing to accept? I realize that self-determination is a foreign concept to the left, but use your imagination.
I have an interesting perspective on this because I have a dear friend who is a landlord, and another that is enforcing the State's non-eviction policy in court. My son works for a mom-and-pop shop that is recovering. So, I see this from a variety of perspectives: My landlord friend has delayed 3 months rent for a tap room owner that operates in one of his properties, and has similarly given forbearance to other renters, but this is his retirement income, so he's hurting. The owner and lessor of my neighbor has 10 houses that they rent, but all of their renters are making rent. My friend who is enforcing the non-eviction law has seen both sides of the situation, with renters who are using it as an opportunity to pay other expenses, owners who can't make mortgage payments on houses they are renting, and people who are trying to evict tenants for non-payment, but are really just looking for any opportunity to jack up rents by terminating leases. It's a very mixed bag. My son's employer has weathered the downturn and reopened because most of their business is military in nature, and that has not stopped. They own the building, but have to service the mortgage - but the renter of the other half of the building closed up shop, so they are having cash flow issues.
You were the one arguing about "horrendous" financial impacts. As if money should matter over people's lives. You and Jeffchap seem to be on the same side.
This is the kind of half-considered response that is the problem, Jeff. It is not individuals protecting themselves that is the problem. If it were, I would agree they can just be stupid. It is that their irresponsibility is affecting hundreds of thousands of others. As my wife would say, "It's not all about you, princess." It's about who all those princesses interact with.
Couldn't agree more...