The NBA playoffs on cruise ships?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiger vs. Lefty, The Sequel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Formula One drivers intentionally exposed to the coronavirus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these challenging times when sports around the world are largely shut down because of the pandemic, some bizarre ideas have been floated to get things going again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These aren\u2019t even worthy of April Fools\u2019 Day gags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sure, we could all use the diversion that sports provides. I mean, as wonderful as it is to hear the late Keith Jackson again, how many times can we watch replays of college football games from the 1980s?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the idea that athletes should potentially risk their own health to give us more TV options is reckless at best and Tiger King-level wacko at worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until the virus has been largely contained, and relying on medical experts to tell us when that is, we all need to stay at home to reduce the risk of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That certainly means saying no to some of these ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 ESPN basketball analyst Jay Williams suggested that the NBA playoffs should be staged at sea, with teams from from each conference boarding two large cruise ships to hold games in tightly controlled conditions. \u201cThere\u2019s testing before everybody goes on the ship,\u201d Williams said. \u201cYou allow the player and their immediate family … to go with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Williams wasn\u2019t done, but he lost us at cruise ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re not even sure where to start with this idea, especially since these mammoth vessels have become synonymous with spreading the virus rather than providing a safe haven. There\u2019s also the little matter of trying to hoop it up on a ship that\u2019s potentially swaying back and forth in stormy waters. And, oh yeah, there would likely be some lengthy injury reports listing \u201cseasickness\u201d as the ailment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hey, here\u2019s an alternative: the NBA postseason on Gilligan\u2019s Island. Hopefully, they still have the court that was used when the Harlem Globetrotters paid a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Talk of a rematch between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson began innocently enough when a fan asked on Twitter if they might be willing to hit the course, accompanied only by a bare-bones camera crew (and presumably their caddies), for an 18-hole round that everyone else could watch at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need live sports,\u201d Chris Yurko pleaded. Then came the tantalizing response from Mickelson, \u201cWorking on it.\u201d Followed by another that said, \u201cI don\u2019t tease. I\u2019m kinda a sure thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n