NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 15 - It's still game day!

Revraiser wrote:

Is this the standard, lining up etc ? Which  country is that, Italy?

my tv broke wrote:

I don't know, seems stupid.

The NRL pays them. If the NRL makes the call to play in empty stadiums then what say do the players have?

robelgordo wrote:

Me: I’m not working in an empty office!

my tv broke wrote:

I don't know, seems stupid.

The NRL pays them. If the NRL makes the call to play in empty stadiums then what say do the players have?

Milchcow wrote:

My mother in law is massively at risk if she gets it. My father probably wouldn't fair too well either.

The annoying thing is going to be that if a bunch of stuff gets cancelled, and then things aren't too bad, lots of people will say "See - we overrracted" rather than think "It was because of the reaction that things didn't get too bad"

Happened with Y2K. The reason it wasn't a problem was because people put a lot of effort into making sure it wasn't a problem, and now everyone thinks it was a hoax. It didn't help that some idiots thought that toasters would stop working and planes would fall out of the sky (the equivalent of people buying 2 years supply of toilet paper all at once)
But there were a lot of serious problems that only got fixed because people put effort in.

i think by the end of the month, Australia is more likely than not to have restrictions similar to Italy. No mass gatherings of people, cut out non-essential travel.

Pookus McFly wrote:The NRL is also not an organisation with coffers of money to easily get through such a hiatus. If they have to close shop it will leave a huge dent for them. Even worse, if they suspend the rounds and the AFL continues, it will be their worst nightmare as their audiences tune in to the rival code out of a need for a gap fill sport. Massive consequences for RL as a game.

Revraiser wrote:

Is this the standard, lining up etc ? Which  country is that, Italy?

Milchcow wrote:

Maybe they feel safer having it postponed altogether and that is just there way of expressing that.

If they do postpone the season however - will teams still train, or otherwise hang out with each other?  

SoylentGreen wrote:On the other NRL news of the last week - I just read that Rashays (the restaurant chain that pulled out of a major sponsor deal with the Bulldogs) has said that they will continue with the deal IF the dogs sack both Okanbur and CHN.

So in terms of Stimson job security, that's probably a $2million question answered.

StormTrooper96 wrote:I think it is inevitable that we will not see a round 2 of Football. They say that April-May will be peak Coronavirus in Australia and it won't settle down until late June. We could be waiting until at least July, meaning NRL will either be cancelled or will be played right through until Christmas.

Archer wrote:
Yeah it was Italy. It was like a line of people a meter apart that stretched a looooong way, waiting to get in (iirc they have limits on the number allowed inside at any one time, so you're waiting for people to finish their entire shop, not sure why it's not click and collect or something, oldies I guess)

castlecrag sweethearts wrote:

I captained Andrew Fifita POD POD captain

my tv broke wrote:

I think they'd just pick up from the existing draw when they're ok to go ahead? gotta be real difficult to reschedule everything and/or push back into the hotter months. Then you have issue of ground availability, and other things. Player contracts end/rollover at end of October/etc.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

If they postpone it would they still have the 25 rounds? Would Magic Round still go ahead? Would Origin go ahead/be pushed back?

I have spent a fair bit of cash for Magic Round, hope I get my money back.