This whole idea is stuuuuuuuupiiiiiiidddd*
*unless you're a broadcast partner who would otherwise sue MLS for breach of contract
MLS is Back Tournament - 2020
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*unless you're a broadcast partner who would otherwise sue MLS for breach of contract
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i mean we all know TV is driving all this, not just MLS. but if it does get cancelled ( which i still think they are far from that despite dallas pulling out)) MLS can say ...."hey we tried"
They’ll probably just move a team from our group to that group.
on reddit someone jokingly said nashville, but i read they also having a bit of a crisis with cases in their squad.
Piercing the MLS Is Back Bubble — American Soccer Analysis
If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us so far, it’s that viruses are incredibly difficult to defeat, and that the math around them is difficult to calculate and convey -- much, much more difficult to create and understand than, say, an expected goals model in soccer. This is why months after
www.americansocceranalysis.com
Pretty detailed look how the bubble and tournament is not being run with the correct safety protocols.
I read that Tweet a couple times.
I don't understand why they couldn't make a call or place a text and get the situation remedied. Instead they left their quarantine?
now this tournament is even more unbalanced. And how unfair is that to FCD that they don’t get to compete for a CCL spot? I’m all about playing. But not sure if a tournament is the way to go.
I don't know why, but I can see people on twitter (wrongly) doing a "they got sick, it's their fault" sort of deal.
I do agree, however, that if a team can't participate, there really shouldn't be a CCL spot on the line for the tournament. I can't say there is a better solution, though? I don't think "last year's teams get another shot" is fair either.
I think last years teams is very fair. They lost out on CCL this year. And whatever this year becomes it’s not a true season as we know it. It’s the simplest and fairest solution.
We all know if this happens there will be an outcry of "bUt WhAt AbOuT tHe TeAmS tHaT lOsT"
it’s like the internet crapping out with 1min left in FIFA and you’re down 2 goals. You get a lucky out. It happens.
That's what I thought at first, but some of the tweets were first-hand (though I wasn't sure if they were cribbing content without attribution). I'm talking about all of the ones that begin with "from the bubble", e.g.:
My suspicion that it was a player/staff person inside the bubble is also what Sam Stejskal and Paul Tenorio are positing in the piece they just posted to the Athletic:
Also, in the latest Stejskal/Tenorio piece (‘There’s no perfect solution’: MLS confident in bubble, but concerns remain), a few highlights/takeaways, some of which have already been observed by folks here:
Related: Garber has been doing the media rounds since Dallas exited (AP: FC Dallas withdraws from the MLS is Back tournament)
- "All the positive tests appear to have been first picked up by teams in their own markets and not spread to other clubs in the bubble."
- There's increased player anxiety in the bubble and a perception that this wouldn't be happening if it were another, higher-profile league. "As one player put it in a text to The Athletic on Sunday night, 'If this were happening in any other league, it’d be DOA.'"
- One Nashville player tested positive on arrival, four more tested positive over the weekend.
- The five teams who were not yet in the bubble — Colorado, LAFC, LA Galaxy, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps — were all traveling to Orlando today.
- "It should be noted that MLS’s initial plan for the Orlando tournament called for teams to arrive in Florida a full two weeks before their first matches [which] would’ve given the league plenty of time for an effective “airlock.” [...] The players, concerned about being away from their families for that long in the midst of a pandemic, balked at that length of time, however, so the MLS Players Association and the league negotiated a shorter format".
Related: Garber has been doing the media rounds since Dallas exited (AP: FC Dallas withdraws from the MLS is Back tournament)
edit: typo
If Nashville has 8 positive tests, they have to be out too.
They're going to have the same issue as Dallas. Even if they could field a team, should they? They haven't trained since Tuesday June 30
Nashville is in Group A, so you would only need to move one.
Nashville - Chicago game postponed due to positive tests w/Nashville players.
Toronto - DC United game moved from Friday night to Sunday at 9am due to Toronto entering the bubble late.
Toronto - DC United game moved from Friday night to Sunday at 9am due to Toronto entering the bubble late.
