The Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced Sunday evening that Americans cancel or postpone gatherings of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks.

With this announcement that means the sports world will be put on pause for a little while longer. With this it means the NBA will be pushed back until around mid-June to play basketball without fans, The NHL not hitting the ice until the same time, or the MLB postponing the start of their season. Or will some seasons be cancelled?

What could happen next?

NBA

As the NBA season was near to end, before the season was suspended. My guess on what will happen is either the regular season will be wiped away and we will jump into the playoffs the way the seedings are, or worst case scenario is they cancel the rest of the NBA season. I’m not sure if they will crown an NBA champion or not, but that will put a lot of money on the line if they cancel the season. The G-League season will most likely now be cancelled according to NBA executives, but we will see what happens.

NHL

The NHL season could also be put on a hold a little bit longer or a cancellation of the season. As the Bruins are at the top of the division, if they awarded the Bruins as the champions, I would not be upset. As awesome as that would sound, it would not be fair at all if they won the tittle without playing in the playoffs.

MLB

As Spring Training has basically been cancelled, The MLB season could be starting a lot later than the original dates in years past. We could see the season starting in May or June. If the season starts later in the year, it means less baseball, and it means teams will be fighting for a playoff spot as every game is huge in the start of the season.

As there will be no sports for a while, I will be curious to see what ESPN, Fox Sports, and all these companies will do during this time. We could see a lot of play back games from the past, and the NFL free agency could be the most talked about thing for the next few weeks.

We can all say 2020 has not been the best year so far, we hope that people will continue to be safe and the cure for this virus will go away soon.

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