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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Depends on why they would cancel. If they cancel because it simply isn't safe - I don't see that being unprofessional. I see that as being responsible.
Escalation of commitment is a real and dangerous thing. This is such a fluid situation I would hope that the leagues are constantly re-evaluating and have a framework for how they decide if they need to change plans or not.
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I never heard the phrase escalation of commitment, but that's the best way to describe what I think we're seeing. If we're being responsible to the athletes and their families, this thing doesn't get off the ground for any of the team sports this year. It is fluid, and with that uncertainty where it can change by the week, there's almost a certainty that there will be a flareup by fall. So when I meant unprofessional, I meant amateur in planning. From my non-epidemiologist point of view with chances of a flare up being high, any league shouldn't take off unless finishing by August. The longer you go the higher chances of there being a cancellation via breakout. The shorter season you take, legitimacy of the championship comes into play. In hindsight, teams should be playing right now and ending by end of August. That's not happening anytime soon, so I can't see this taking off.