Superstars in quarantine: Corona vortex in US sports

According to the news agency AP In the National Football League (NFL), a total of 88 people were added to the Corona list on Monday and Tuesday alone, including Odell Beckham Jr. from the Los Angeles Rams. On Wednesday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and his head coach Kevin Stefanski followed, among others. In the NBA, superstars James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo are currently among the unavailable basketball players and the National Hockey League (NHL) had to extend the Calgary Flames' compulsory break until at least Saturday.

The number of postponed NHL games this season currently stands at ten. A catch-up date still needs to be found for eight matches. If too many matches are canceled, this could have an impact on the Olympic break and put the NHL stars' participation in the Winter Olympics in Beijing at risk. No NHL stars in Beijing? Because of the unclear quarantine rules in the event of a positive test in China, with possibly up to five weeks in the country before traveling home, skepticism is growing among some NHL stars anyway. “There is a lot going on. There are things that still need to be discussed and hopefully answered so that everyone feels as comfortable as possible about sending the NHL's best players to the Olympics," said American Ice Hockey Federation Executive Director Pat Kelleher.

Connor McDavid, currently the NHL's most dangerous attacker alongside his Edmonton Oilers teammate Leon Draisaitl, said: "I'm obviously still the guy who wants to go to the Olympics, but we also want to make sure it's safe for everyone, for all athletes and not just ice hockey players.” According to the news agency AP There have been more than 140 NHL professionals on the Corona list over the course of the season. More than two dozen came in the past two days.

The Canadian province of Ontario, home to the Toronto Raptors basketball team and the NHL teams the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maples Leafs, imposed a 50 percent capacity limit on Wednesday for large gatherings such as professional sporting events.

The NBA had to cancel two Chicago Bulls games this week because the team had too few available players. The Brooklyn Nets played 131:129 after overtime on Tuesday with the minimum of eight basketball players eligible to play after superstar James Harden, among others, had to go into the league's health and safety protocol. Of the more than 30 players who tested positive, 17 were on either the Bulls or Nets roster. US media reported that the league is now considering mandatory booster vaccinations for coaches and staff. Very high vaccination rate The vaccination rate in the US leagues is significantly higher than in the rest of the population. According to NBA information, 97 percent of all basketball professionals have been vaccinated twice, and around 60 percent have already received a booster vaccination. As of November 30, 94,5 percent of all NFL professionals had been vaccinated, and the rate for other National Football League personnel was said to be almost 100 percent. In the NHL, only four professionals were not vaccinated at the start of the season in October. In the USA, the vaccination rate nationwide is currently around 61 percent.

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Superstars in quarantine: Corona vortex in US sports

Superstars testing positive for Corona and further game cancellations are putting the major US leagues under increasing pressure. This could also have an impact on the Olympics.

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