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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
i was not really following this at all but why was the hockey approved and not baseball? It seems like the hockey plan to host 16 teams in Canada is far more exposed to infection.
The bubble concept is not going to really work, my understanding is that the teams are all hanging out in local bars at night.
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For the NHL, teams will be entering Canada once and not leaving until they are done. There will be no travel between cities or across the border.
Once they enter the bubble in the hub cities, players will only leave to participate in approved activities and will not interact with anyone outside the bubble during any activities.
Your understanding is incorrect. Players will not be hanging out in local bars at night. There will likely be bars inside the bubbles that will be available to the players, but they won't be open to the public.
Only those people who need to enter the bubble for work purposes will be allowed to enter. Anyone who will be inside the bubble will need to undergo daily swab tests.
If any player leaves the bubble with or without permission, they will have to isolate for a set period of time and pass a set number of daily swab tests before they can re-enter. Any player who leaves the bubble without permission will face additional discipline from the league, as will his team.
For baseball, teams will still be travelling between cities every few days. There will be testing requirements and distancing rules while in the stadiums, but there won't be a strict bubble like the NHL is implementing.
The government has strict rules for quarantine and isolation when entering Canada from a foreign country. They were willing to make an exception for the NHL because the league is implementing the strict bubbles in each hub and already has limited travel and regular testing during the training camp period. That wasn't really possible with baseball because teams would be entering and exiting Canada every few days and there isn't any strict control in place when they're in the States.
