07-28-2020, 12:30 PM
(07-28-2020, 12:00 PM)bengals67 Wrote: The English Premier League just finished its 2019-20 season with zero problems.
Why cannot the NFL and MLB do the same.
The virus is just as prevalent in Great Britain as in the US.
1.) The Premier League returned in late June. They were able to finish the season in about 1 month's time.
2.) The Premier has only 20 teams. (The NFL has 32)
3.) Their roster size is 25 players. (The NFL's is 55 active + 10 practice squad)
4.) The NFL's coaching and training staff's dwarf those of the Premier League.
5.) England has 55k square miles to travel. The US has 3.79 million miles to travel.
They are just two completely different animals. By using rough math I think you can come to a reasonable estimate that the NFL is 5 times the size of the Premier League in number of personnel.
When you couple this with the travel, and the fact that so many of our cities have significantly different population densities, you really are attempting something completely different.
I'll be anxious to see what happens with the Premeir League when they start back in the fall. Will they be able to meet their new opening date? I have a feeling they just powered through the tail end of their season just because it was so close to it's conclusion.
