.DeadlineDominic talks with RealSports’ Bryant Gumbel about reopening sports and greed fueled pro leagues wanting to start up amidst COVID19 realities & second wave worries
On tonight’s show, you sit down remotely with NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark for a roundtable on what the short-term future could be.
You mentioned Adam Silver. I mean you picked the gold standard among the commissioners. He is the one that of all has, in my opinion, shown the greatest degree of maturity and responsibility. I wouldn’t necessarily extend that compliment to the others.And that is, in a sense the other elephant in the room, isn’t it? We can’t get 50 governors and the federal government to agree on a universal standard to counter coronavirus and reopening.
Commissioner Gary Bettman outlined his optimistic idea to have 24-team playoffs with dates TBD. What’s your take on that?Having not studied them, I really can’t speak to the new NHL measures. I’ve high regard for Donald Fehr and the NHL players so I can only hope for their continued safety. Given Gary Bettman’s track record on concussions, they’ve reasons to be wary.
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