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Originally Posted by Ohioskins
There will be games until a player tests positive. Then what?
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They get put on PUP list.
The team calls up someone from the practice squad to replace him.
The rest of the roster gets tested daily.
This is how the NBA is thinking they'll handle that issue, when they restart their season.
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told players on a conference call Friday that a positive result would force the affected player into quarantine for 14 days, but not his entire team.
That wasn’t the case upon Gobert’s test in March, with consideration given to players on his own team and opponents that had been in close contact with Gobert and were at a higher risk of testing positive.
But if or when the NBA resumes, the league hopes to have enough testing capacity to continue testing those other players on a daily basis. In March, there simply were not enough tests for that to be an option.
Or in Germany, where they resume soccer play ...
In Germany, where soccer is set to return next weekend, 10 positive results were recently recorded from tests of essential personnel heading into training. However, the league continues to move forward, and the green light was given by government officials after those results.
Full article here:
https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/202...sideline-team/