It's really not that complicated. Everyone on the Marlins should isolate for two weeks. Restest, once they are all negative, return to play. It's going to mess with the schedule as different teams have to isolate here and there, but it's not impossible to keep playing--just requires flexibility on scheduling. And I have a hard time believing that most of these guys in their 20's and 30's are "scared to death" of a virus that kills lass than 1% of healthy people. I just don't buy it.

Listen, look at the UFC and most sports in Europe right now like the Premier League. No fans, lots of testing--and play on. These leagues have had no real problems.

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Posted on 7/29/20 at 10:36 am to tider04

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It's really not that complicated. Everyone on the Marlins should isolate for two weeks. Restest, once they are all negative, return to play. It's going to mess with the schedule as different teams have to isolate here and there, but it's not impossible to keep playing--just requires flexibility on scheduling. And I have a hard time believing that most of these guys in their 20's and 30's are "scared to death" of a virus that kills lass than 1% of healthy people. I just don't buy it.

The MLB season is less than a week old. What's next? Baseball isn't living in a bubble. They have wives and children and infants to come home to. How many of the infected Marlins are older staff members and coaches? What long term effects are coming? It mutates and congregates almost without rhyme or reason. There is nothing easy or clear about any of this 6 months in. It's all a calculated risk.

And whether we get it or not, COVID-19 is still doing all the talking. And we keep trying to do all the adjusting. That's life and sports during a plague.

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