The fear of the protagonists, be they players, coaches or leaders, is that the “bubble will burst”. This Monday the 20 teams of the National League that enter the second week of competition in Buenos Aires.
In the last days, Comodoro Rivadavia Gymnastics registered nine cases and Argentino de Junín, eight. But they argue that there is more. The results are awaited at the Bahía Basket team.
Everyone in the South Conference, which forced to change the concentration hotel, while the leaders of the Association of Clubs (AdC) and the Argentine Confederation (CABB) analyze how to continue.
They await the results of The tests that will be carried out this Monday (in the morning at the schools in the South and in the afternoon at those in the North).
The doubts are in case the positives continue to grow. Sunday’s session has already been suspended and they will take advantage of the fact that there was no activity on Monday to study continuity.
The idea of the leadership is to keep playing. In the North, which has no positive cases, they will return to the field on Tuesday, complying with the established program. The topic is competition in the Southern Conference.
Before starting the 2020/2021 season, the 20 clubs agreed (signed) to continue with the competition despite the appearance of infections. They expected cases, although not as many as those that had appeared in recent days.
The teams that cannot appear would add a point in the positions (and not zero as the regulations mark) and for the winner it will be two units and a favorable margin of 20-0.
The most important error in the layout was the absence of the pre-competition quarantine to reduce the spread of infections.
The “real” was in Córdoba
La Liga set up its season in Buenos Aires after Córdoba’s refusal to host the competition.
The Cordovan leadership worked for almost two months to put together the security protocol for the “real bubble”, which the Federal Capital could not or knew how to imitate.
There was security (with police) in the hotels to prevent the players from leaving. As indicated Clarion, in Buenos Aires there were protagonists who went out to eat.
Also in Córdoba, doctors were scheduled in the “bubbles” and hotel employees without leaving them either, with renewal every 20 days, after a negative test.
The Carlos Paz Institute and Arena stadiums were prepared for the protagonists to enter the changing rooms directly from the bus. In Buenos Aires, at the Ferro y Obras field, you see the teams arrive and wait in the stands for the time of their games.
Against the clock, the leaders are working to save the season and the image of the National Basketball League, which is already badly damaged.
The original text of this article was published on 11/16/2020 in our print edition.
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