NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a letter to NBA fans on Thursday night, addressing the league’s decision to suspend the 2019/20 season due to the coronavirus and confirming that the NBA intends to resume the season when it becomes viable to do so.
“As you know, we have temporarily suspended our season in response to the coronavirus pandemic,” Silver said in the letter. “We made this decision to safeguard the health and well-being of fans, players, everyone connected to our game and the general public. This hiatus will last at least 30 days and we intend to resume the season, if and when it becomes safe for all concerned.
“In the meantime, we will continue to coordinate with infectious disease and public health experts along with government officials to determine safe protocols for resuming our games. As we develop the appropriate course for future NBA games and events, we will keep you informed of any changes as soon as they happen. Tickets already purchased for a postponed game will be honored when the game is rescheduled. If games are not played or played in an empty arena, teams will work with fans on a credit for a future game or a refund.”
Silver went on to recommend visiting the league’s official website for the latest news and cautioned that it will remain a “complicated and rapidly evolving situation.”
Silver’s letter confirms that the NBA expects its hiatus to last at least 30 days, as he announced on TNT earlier in the evening. His suggestion that the league expects to eventually resume the ’19/20 season aligns with comments made by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and other executives earlier today. However, it remains to be seen when that might happen and how exactly the league will adjust its schedule to accommodate the layoff.
I like the statement. Very classy
Yes. Very classy to be concerned about all the workers who work at the arenas. The frontline staff, losing wages, are the one bearing the brunt of the pandemic and hardly anyone is acknowledging them.
Cuban is acknowledging them.
He definitely is. Silver is not.
He just did mention them and it’s not even his area. They’re stadium employees more or less.
no, it isn’t
When the chinese league starts backup, lets see silver offer to put some of them games on primetime tv to tryn start repairing some relationships.
*Insert Nick Young emoji here*
Tv ratings should soar and tv advertising will profit greatly if they decide to have games in empty arenas
and this is what we should expect as far as continuing the season, that is the money they care about, not concessions, or for that matter, the people who make ancillary money off game attendance