Mark Cuban sent secret shoppers to Dallas businesses to see what safety precautions they were taking as the city reopened and almost none were fully complying
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban commissioned a group of secret shoppers to examine how Dallas businesses were handing the city's reopening after its coronavirus lockdown.Cuban decided against opening up the Mavericks practice facilities until testing is more widely available.Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban commissioned a team of secret shoppers to investigate how businesses around Dallas were handling the city's reopening after weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuban also noted that just 36% of businesses chose to reopen on the first weekend the option was available. "Media coverage, showcasing owner sentiment and infection statistics, paint a picture of a large degree of latent fear in the marketplace," he wrote. Earlier this week, Cuban said that the Mavericks practice facilities would remain closed until mass testing was available, despite the fact that teams were now permitted by the league to open up as long as they were in compliance with local law.
"The problem obviously is because we can't test people, then we can't assure anybody's safety, whether they're basketball players or anybody else," Cuban said. "And even though we can try to take all different types of precaution, it's just not worth it, particularly when our guys are staying in shape, and going outside and shooting on outdoor hoops, and working out in various ways. I just don't think the risk is worth the reward.
Cuban said that he would send out a few more sets of secret shoppers in the future to see how things progress.
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