1. El deporte como termómetro del inicio de la pandemia.
Para una gran parte de la sociedad, la gravedad de la situación sanitaria solo se hizo evidente cuando las principales ligas del mundo suspendieron sus actividades de forma abrupta.
- Theres also nfl and american idol - chasing the squirrel. The pandemic didnt become real until the nba pulled the plug.
- I believe who had already declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, but for me, the real start of it all was when they canceled march madness. Youre canceling sports?! wow. Now i know its serious.
- Five years ago today. One of the craziest days of any of our lives as sports fans. Basically the entire sports world got cancelled as covid became a pandemic.
2. Transformación de los hábitos de consumo y nuevas aficiones.
El confinamiento obligó a los seguidores a buscar entretenimiento en disciplinas poco convencionales o ligas extranjeras que mantuvieron su actividad, cambiando su relación con el deporte para siempre.
- I used to watch marble races during the pandemic.
- I became a brewers fan because of the pandemic. We were home all the time watching tv and there were 162 games we could watch.
- The boom owes much to the covid-19 pandemic. When mainstream sports leagues shut, locked-down audiences devoured whatever competitions remained.
3. El debate sobre la legitimidad de los títulos de la era pandémica.
Años después, persiste la controversia sobre si los campeonatos obtenidos en temporadas recortadas o en entornos de "burbuja" deben considerarse al mismo nivel que los títulos tradicionales.
- It counts and in 100 years no one will care about the pandemic championship. But hes not wrong that people around the league dont really consider it on the same level.
- Pandemic ball was a glorified extended spring training, we were all just grateful to have something to take our minds off of shit.
- It took a pandemic shortened season and an all world roster for you all to win anything. Before that you hadnt won jack since the reagan administration.
4. Secuelas financieras y sostenibilidad de las organizaciones.
La interrupción de los ingresos por taquilla y patrocinios dejó a muchos clubes al borde de la quiebra, forzando un cambio hacia modelos de negocio más austeros y centrados en la recuperación de reservas.
- Sustainable in sports governance-speak survivable no sporting organisation is back to a pre-pandemic level of reserves yet. Its only 4 yrs ago that this thing just about emptied the coffers.
- The pandemic caused them to scale back a lot financially, which included essentially moth balling the pitching lab idea, the use of advanced equipment for play evaluation, and letting go of key personnel.
- It still wild to me that all it took was a one pandemic for one of the most storied clubs in the history of soccerfootball to be damn near broke going forward. Barcelona was really hanging on by a thread for that long.
5. Salud de los atletas y el impacto del COVID prolongado.
A pesar del paso del tiempo, la comunidad deportiva sigue lidiando con las consecuencias físicas del virus en los deportistas de alto rendimiento y la necesidad de protocolos de protección.
- Covid has gone from pandemic to endemic. There is less of it, but its still nasty, airborne, and potentially disabling, especially for athletes.
- Also the pandemic isnt fucking over, athletes and everyone! are still getting sick and risking long covid and having serious career-ending complications.
- Healthy pro athlete suddenly comes down with mystery illness thats manifests as pots. No way this could be long covid. Nope. Absolutely not related to the on going pandemic in any way.
6. Cambios permanentes en la experiencia del estadio.
La vuelta del público trajo consigo nuevas dinámicas, desde el aumento de los precios hasta cambios en las tradiciones y el comportamiento de los aficionados en las gradas.
- The funniest pandemic thing of all time is when i went to a yankee game like not that long after they started letting fans in the stadium again and found out the grounds crew was not doing the ymca dance anymore.
- Post-pandemic the goal was get fans in seats. Post-pandemic it is get the right fans and in early. For example, all giveaways are now saturdays. Not to fill the stadium, but instead get them i. Early to buy food.
- I dont know how to stop it, but the post-pandemic trend of anti-social fan behavior directed at the field needs to stop.