The National Football League premiered Wednesday Afternoon Football on NBC at 3: 40 p.m. yesterday when the Baltimore Ravens faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in a video game that been postponed three times The early kickoff was regrettable however essential to avoid a conflict with NBC’s broadcast of the yearly lighting of the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller.
It’s concerned this: the mightiest of all leagues in the most profitable of all sports upstaged by a Norway Spruce. The NFL has itself to blame. It attempted to play away the infection, wishing it off the field like gamer’s kneeling during the National Anthem or an epidemic of concussions. No back-office PR group is a match for COVID.
Other leagues have actually handled much better. Baseball diminished its roster and schedule, prohibited high-fives, hugs, arguing, and spitting. Mid-season it tightened up enforcement after the Miami Marlins suffered a severe break out and had an effective World Series. Golf delayed its iconic Masters Tournament up until the fall, foregoing flowering magnolias and late sundowns that allowed more hours on the course but bestowing a green jacket on a winner. The National Basketball Association went for it, moving into a bubble in Orlando, separated players and checked them continuously prior to crowning Lebron James’ Los Angeles Lakers champs to the roar of a virtual crowd.
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