The Wall Street Journal - 04.03.2020

A14| Wednesday, March 4, 2020 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

LeBron James, above, signs autographs for fans. The NBA is advising players

to give fist-bumps instead of high-fives. Cycling teams, including Groupama-

FDJ, were placed in quarantine in the United Arab Emirates after a virus scare.

JASON GAY

Being Smart About the Coronavirus

With the pathogen arriving in the U.S., sports leagues brace for disruption. Common sense is essential.

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Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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Atlanta 57 47 r 53 43 r
Austin 73 47 r 71 45 s
Baltimore 60 37 s 55 37 pc
Boise 59 35 c 68 44 pc
Boston 5538pc 5335s
Burlington 42 30 c 42 29 c
Charlotte 65 46 r 53 39 r
Chicago 49 33 sn 54 33 pc
Cleveland 46 27 sn 49 31 s
Dallas 57 44 r 68 44 s
Denver 62 31 s 55 33 s
Detroit 46 25 pc 47 33 pc
Honolulu 82 71 t 81 69 pc
Houston 77 52 r 69 50 s
Indianapolis 53 30 s 55 32 s
Kansas City 61 41 s 62 31 s
Las Vegas 72 52 s 74 55 pc
Little Rock 59 45 r 66 42 s
Los Angeles 74 52 s 75 53 pc
Miami 87 76 pc 90 75 s
Milwaukee 43 31 pc 48 31 pc
Minneapolis 42 34 s 43 28 c
Nashville 64 43 c 61 39 r
New Orleans 79 60 r 72 53 c
New York City 54 38 s 52 41 s
Oklahoma City 58 33 pc 67 34 s

Omaha 60 39 s 54 26 s

Orlando 89 68 pc 90 63 pc

Philadelphia 57 37 s 54 37 s

Phoenix 74 52 s 83 63 pc

Pittsburgh 49 27 pc 49 32 s

Portland, Maine 51 34 pc 49 30 s

Portland, Ore. 56 36 pc 58 41 pc

Sacramento 77 48 s 75 48 s

St. Louis 59 39 s 62 36 s

Salt Lake City 54 35 pc 61 40 s

San Francisco 70 50 pc 64 50 pc

Santa Fe 59 28 s 61 33 pc

Seattle 52 39 pc 53 39 pc

Sioux Falls 54 36 s 44 26 s

Wash., D.C. 62 41 s 54 38 pc

Amsterdam 47 39 sh 46 37 r

Athens 63 50 r 62 47 sh

Baghdad 76 48 s 79 52 s

Bangkok 95 79 pc 93 79 pc

Beijing 47 22 s 52 30 pc

Berlin 45 33 sh 48 40 r

Brussels 48 42 pc 48 38 r

Buenos Aires 84 71 s 83 71 s

Dubai 76 64 s 79 64 s

Dublin 43 33 r 45 34 pc

Edinburgh 45 30 pc 43 30 pc

Frankfurt 49 36 pc 49 40 r

Geneva 50 41 sh 52 36 r

Havana 89 69 s 90 68 pc

Hong Kong 75 62 sh 70 64 c

Istanbul 65 51 c 60 48 sh

Jakarta 86 76 sh 85 76 sh

Jerusalem 70 49 s 72 50 s

Johannesburg 79 55 pc 83 54 pc

London 47 40 r 48 35 r

Madrid 65 47 pc 59 40 c

Manila 90 73 pc 91 74 s

Melbourne 73 64 sh 68 60 r

Mexico City 81 52 s 81 46 pc

Milan 57 35 s 50 40 r

Moscow 45 38 c 49 44 c

Mumbai 86 73 pc 86 76 pc

Paris 48 43 r 53 38 r

Rio de Janeiro 79 70 c 79 71 pc

Riyadh 79 52 s 82 57 s

Rome 59 37 pc 57 52 pc

San Juan 85 74 pc 85 73 pc

Seoul 42 25 pc 45 26 s

Shanghai 54 39 c 52 41 pc

Singapore 90 78 pc 88 78 t

Sydney 77 72 r 76 70 r

Taipei City 71 58 r 62 60 r

Tokyo 53 48 r 57 43 s

Toronto 41 27 c 41 29 c

Vancouver 48 37 sh 48 34 r

Warsaw 46 32 c 48 35 c

Zurich 48 35 sh 45 37 r

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SPORTS

Wait and see.
Monitor but pre-
pare. Those appear
to be the official/
unofficial policies
in U.S. sports. At
least for now.
I want to hit the
right tone here. Although this situ-
ation is serious, it’s also uncharted
and speculative, and goodness
knows I’m not an expert on a rap-
idly-shifting global health crisis.
You all know me. I can barely
name all the teams in the Big Ten.
But it sure feels like sports in
this country is heading toward
some disruption, and a very
strange and disjointed spring may
unfold.
On Monday, an infectious dis-
ease specialist warned the Journal
that sporting events could start
being impacted should U.S. author-
ities recommend “social distanc-
ing”to slow the spread of novel
coronavirus in this country.
Leagues are paying close atten-
tion. ESPN reported that the NBA
is advising players to give fans
fist-bumps instead of high-fives,
and refrain from borrowing pens
from strangers when signing auto-
graphs. Portland Trail Blazers star
C.J. McCollum announced he would
be taking a break from signing.
For now, however, the games go
on. There haven’t been any large-
scale postponements of sporting
events in the U.S.
This is not the case elsewhere.
They’ve canceled lots
of events in China.
They’re playing be-
fore empty stadiums
in Japan and Italy.
They pulled the plug
on a pro bicycle race
in the United Arab
Emirates, and tested
all the racers. There
are still a couple of
teams quarantined in
the U.A.E., nearly a
week later.
“We’re being
treated like we have
the plague,”the boss
of one of the teams
said.
Switzerland has
banned most gather-
ings of more than
1,000 people. In
France, it’s 5,000.
Here, we’re still at
it. The Knicks beat
the Rockets Monday
at Madison Square Garden, per-
haps a sign that weird times are
ahead. The NHL Red Wings fell to
the Avalanche. The NFL finished
its prospect combine in Indianapo-
lis. The U.S. held its marathon tri-
als for the 2020 Olympic team.
The trials may have been one of
the few places in the country not
obsessively talking about the virus.
They’re still talking about those

bouncy Nike shoes.

Here, it still feels normal. Or at

least normal-ish. We’re still argu-

ing whether Giannis or LeBron

should be the NBA’s MVP. We’re

still sharing that video clip of

baseball star Mike Trout smashing

a golf ball at a driving range.

“Where Will Tom Brady Go?”gos-

sip remains in high gear. We still

have the privilege of discussing

trivial things.

It’s guesswork, what happens

from here. Globally, the biggest up-

coming decision is whether or not

the Summer Olympics in Tokyo

will go on as scheduled in late

July. Though the International

Olympic Committee is proceeding

as if the Games will happen, only a

fool would disagree that every op-

tion must be kept on the table for

an event of such scale. The Journal

reported that Japan’s contract

with the IOC allows it to delay the

games until the end of the year.

In the end, this won’t be a

sports decision, but a public health

one. Even the IOC has to answer to

someone, sometimes.

Meanwhile, Monday’s

Journal story wondered

out loud about major

events like the NCAA

March Madness bas-

ketball tourna-

ments, the Masters,

and the Boston

Marathon. To be

clear: there’s been no

public movement on

any of those. Should

postponements start to

happen, there will be a lot of de-

bate about rescheduling or out-

right cancellations. Schedulers will

have to get creative.

And those are just the big, high-

profile moments. There are, of

course, thousands of other games

played, at every level, in every cor-

ner of the country. When you start

thinkingWill they postpone the

NFL draft?it doesn’t take terribly

long to get toWhat happens to my

kid’s baseball team this spring?

I don’t know. I don’t like being

dramatic, especially when even the

experts don’t know how this will

shake out. What we do know is

that the conversations are happen-

ing, and not just around sports. If

you’re in a business that demands

travel, you’re facing deci-

sions about what consti-

tutes “essential

travel.”Conferences

are starting to get

canceled. I haven’t

even mentioned

schools, and the

possibilities of clos-

ing those.

Needless to say, we

should prioritize public

safety and the most vul-

nerable. There are far more seri-

ous consequences than putting off

a sporting event. We postpone

games all the time for bad

weather, and other comparatively

minor complications. Events can

be made up. Or not. This is fine.

It’s sports. Perspective is essential.

But we’re heading to some

strange times. Wait and see. Moni-

tor but prepare. It sounds like a

wise approach—at least for now.

5,

France announced a

temporary ban on indoor

gatherings of more than

5,000 people.