So I previously stated this elsewhere and more forcefully--the whole "basketball is coming back" story kind of sucks and we'd all be better off if it weren't the case. On the other hand, "baseball is coming back" is a sensible story that hopefully will happen, although it might not. Let's review the differences.
Basketball season goes from November to June. If not for Covid-19, they'd be finishing the Conference Finals this week, getting us set for the final, best-of-seven, championship series to be played next week. However, most everyone agrees that whomever returns to play needs a week-plus of training to get back into shape. So while the Finals normally end by June 15, this rescheduled end-of-basketball-season wouldn't start until July or August, which is usually the offseason.
Meanwhile, baseball usually runs from April till late October. Thus, though we've missed the first half of the baseball season, it can start in July and it will be taking place when it's supposed to take place. Games being played will be games that were already on a schedule.
So my main argument is, stick to your season. If bausketball tries to essentially run an offseason tournament, well that's a whole lot of extra work scheduling games in some new venues--it's not a normal basketball season. The whole point of having sports again is to achieve some kind of return to normalcy. How would scheduling a crazy off-season playoff tournament during the summer, something that has never been done before--how would that be a return to normalcy?
Besides, basketball is indoors and baseball is outdoors, so baseball seems safer.
The end!
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