The Ethics of Sports in a Pandemic: Part Three
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Arctic Ice Hockey
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Filed under: Woe Canada when it comes to the NHL and the All Canadian Division? The NHL has made their return to play plans public after months of negotiations with the NHLPA, but they are not done negotiating. They still have to negotiate with provincial health officials to see if they can play games in each province with teams travelling between provinces. For that to happen travel and gathering bans would have to have exemptions placed on them and those exemptions could prove difficult to obtain. The British Columbian government has already said that they will not allow teams to enter BC to play and while the Manitoban government has made exemptions for practices, there is no word on exemptions for games.
As we have seen with the MLB and NFL, the moment you are not in a bubble, the moment things become harder to control.
If they have kids going to school, that expands their risk.
We have seen moments where it is clear that leagues are just holding it together.
As we have seen with the MLB and NFL, the moment you are not in a bubble, the moment things become harder to control.
If they have kids going to school, that expands their risk.
We have seen moments where it is clear that leagues are just holding it together.