NEIL MANTHORP: Cricket in lockdown isolation is possible, and Faul can make it happen
A virus-free India team playing in an empty ground would at least allow millions of rand to flow into the economy
07 April 2020 - 05:00
There is an understandable but misguided notion among nonfollowers that talk of playing sport, any sport, behind closed doors is irrelevant, premature, inappropriate and even disrespectful. I sympathise with that view, but naturally disagree though purely from an economic point of view.
There is no sporting contest on earth worth more than a single, healthy life, and the argument that it should resume to raise morale and put smiles on peoples’ faces is a little fatuous. Actually, the resumption of live sport could keep millions of people healthy by keeping them at home and putting food on the table...
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