since July. Some teams are willing to have up to 20% of their fans at home games as soon as week 4 or 5. But some teams, like the Cleveland Browns, have said they will put in a “spectator variance,� meaning the number of cases the state has will determine how many fans are permitted to attend the game, according to Nick Shook. The other strategy is the bubble, which organizations like the NBA are doing. The bubble means that the league has a set area that the games will be played in. Players can't leave bubble and no fans can come watch. The NBA was one of the first major sports leagues to announce a back-to-play plan. The same goes with the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) which also has a bubble for their season/playoffs. The NBA bubble is located at Disney world Florida and the WNBA bubble is in Bradenton, Florida. All these bubble updates are on NBA.com. The National Hockey League (NHL) is also one of the major leagues to have a bubble in
Edmonton and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to by Tom Gulitti of NHL.com, teams will compete in a play-in round, which is best of five to fight for playoff seeds 5-8. The teams that win three out of five of the games will move on to the main event the Stanly cup playoffs. The top seeds which is 1-4 seeding spot each of the top four teams in the Western and Eastern conference will play three games against the other teams in there conference to see who is the first seed. Like the NFL, the Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), and National Woman's Soccer League (NWSL) have decided to gamble: they plan to travel all around the US to play their Respective games. As of right now the MLB finished its playoffs, MLS is concluding its season, and NWSL's season is ending this month. This is definitely going to be a sports season to remember. With all these protocols and restrictions, it will be interesting to see what each of the respective leagues will do about their major finals.
