[Farm93]

The next game is at Washington. Can the team practice in San Mateo then play in Washington? Or heck, just fly up to Seattle now?

I personally don’t see the benefit in this. I don’t think broadcast sports make people any more careless (and other games will be on anyway) and am not aware that any local college or pro team has contributed significantly to spread.

I do think the local cases are going to lead to horrific illness and deaths, and would be in favor of an earlier curfew, road checks, Restrictions on in-store shopping,  and other stricter measures, but I want steps that will be effective. Youth sports organizations are getting away with murder with the crowded fields I see every day at local parks and fields, often without any masks or safety measures.

Sigh. At least there was enough time to get The Axe.

The Stanford football for at UW might work but is a big problem for the other sports.   Given almost everything is remote Stanford AD could relocate some teams to a different state which is something schools in parts of the Southwest have started to do recently for football.  Las Vegas casinos have lots of nice and now rarely used facilities.

The issue with sports, IMHO, is never the sport.   It is, and has been, the logistics behind the sports.
To get a football team of 60-80 players to a venue requires a lot more than most casual fans understand.   
A team will usually have a truck, or two or more of equipment.   The locker room, the coach box and other things usually are set up with a large group of workers from the team and the stadium.  The players, coaches and team support staff are likely to stay at hotels, and eat at restaurants.  All of that creates chances for spread.   It is not just the game, it is all of the behind the scenes things that COVID loves.

For those that haven't visited COVID-19 tracking sites, the SF Bay Area is now a virtual island of limited COVID spread.   The pro and college teams that college and pro teams might typically play would come from states with significant outbreaks right now.

Hospital capacity is important but it remains a lagging indicator.   Health care officials have much better leading indicators at their disposal.   My assumption is that some of those indicators have drifted into troubling territory recently.  The shockingly high rate of Thanksgiving travel is likely in the mix of indicators FWIW.   The forecasts likely do not get better by having hundreds of people coming to the SF Bay Area from IA, UT, CO, ND, SD, NM or other places with problems to play, or support, sports with locals. 

Keeping schools open?    Worth the risk
Keeping restaurants open?  Hmmm, a lot of jobs there so I understand
Keeping bars and casinos open?  Definitely no
Keeping sports?  I love college sports, but honestly for a society sports should be first to go.

If stopping sports helps keep schools open then stop the pro and college sports.

[Farm93]

The next game is at Washington. Can the team practice in San Mateo then play in Washington? Or heck, just fly up to Seattle now?

I personally don’t see the benefit in this. I don’t think broadcast sports make people any more careless (and other games will be on anyway) and am not aware that any local college or pro team has contributed significantly to spread.

I do think the local cases are going to lead to horrific illness and deaths, and would be in favor of an earlier curfew, road checks, Restrictions on in-store shopping,  and other stricter measures, but I want steps that will be effective. Youth sports organizations are getting away with murder with the crowded fields I see every day at local parks and fields, often without any masks or safety measures.

Sigh. At least there was enough time to get The Axe.

The Stanford football for at UW might work but is a big problem for the other sports.   Given almost everything is remote Stanford AD could relocate some teams to a different state which is something schools in parts of the Southwest have started to do recently for football.  Las Vegas casinos have lots of nice and now rarely used facilities.

The issue with sports, IMHO, is never the sport.   It is, and has been, the logistics behind the sports.
To get a football team of 60-80 players to a venue requires a lot more than most casual fans understand.   
A team will usually have a truck, or two or more of equipment.   The locker room, the coach box and other things usually are set up with a large group of workers from the team and the stadium.  The players, coaches and team support staff are likely to stay at hotels, and eat at restaurants.  All of that creates chances for spread.   It is not just the game, it is all of the behind the scenes things that COVID loves.

For those that haven't visited COVID-19 tracking sites, the SF Bay Area is now a virtual island of limited COVID spread.   The pro and college teams that college and pro teams might typically play would come from states with significant outbreaks right now.

Hospital capacity is important but it remains a lagging indicator.   Health care officials have much better leading indicators at their disposal.   My assumption is that some of those indicators have drifted into troubling territory recently.  The shockingly high rate of Thanksgiving travel is likely in the mix of indicators FWIW.   The forecasts likely do not get better by having hundreds of people coming to the SF Bay Area from IA, UT, CO, ND, SD, NM or other places with problems to play, or support, sports with locals. 

Keeping schools open?    Worth the risk
Keeping restaurants open?  Hmmm, a lot of jobs there so I understand
Keeping bars and casinos open?  Definitely no
Keeping sports?  I love college sports, but honestly for a society sports should be first to go.

If stopping sports helps keep schools open then stop the pro and college sports.