NBA對於即將開打的新賽季仍有嚴格的防疫規範。(資料照,美聯社)
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕NBA新賽季的熱身賽,即將從台灣時間12月12號開打,至於各界關心聯盟如何因應持續嚴峻的武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)疫情,據傳將延續匿名檢舉熱線,而且屆時若只有少數球員確診,並未造成群聚感染,賽季將不受影響繼續進行。
據《The Athletic》記者查拉尼亞(Shams Charania)爆料,2020-21賽季NBA仍將設立匿名檢舉熱線,希望透過球員彼此監督方式,減少任何違反防疫安全規定的行為發生,像上季在奧蘭多迪士尼隔離園區的復賽期間,當時首創的檢舉熱線就發揮功效,「魔獸」豪爾德(Dwight Howard)在園區內不戴口罩,很快遭人舉發。
《ESPN》記者「沃神」沃納洛斯基(AdrianWojnarowski)也指出,聯盟已向各隊發放每本多達134頁的新賽季「健康安全協議指南」,並決定新賽季若出現零星單一染疫病例,或者出現的病例極少並且低於預期數字,屆時不會暫停或者取消比賽,確診球員則至少隔離10天。
The NBA will establish an anonymous hotline to report potential violations of safety protocols during in-market play in 2020-21 season, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. There was also a hotline for the Orlando restart.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 28, 2020
Under "Circumstances for Cancellation of 2020-2021 season," NBA says: Occurrence of independent cases (i.e, cases not spread among players or team staff) or a small or otherwise expected number of COVID-19 cases will not require a decision to suspend or cancel the 2020-21 season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 28, 2020