The COVID-19 pandemic that spread across the world at the beginning of 2020 was not only a big threat to public health, but also to the entire sports industry. Many professional leagues closed their doors to spectators or postponed their seasons entirely. During a global March 2020 survey, some 67 percent of respondents from the United States felt that sporting events should be postponed until after the outbreak is over.
What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak?
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They should be held anyway without spectators/crowds
They should be postponed until after the outbreak is over
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GWI. (March 23, 2020). What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/
GWI. "What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak?." Chart. March 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/
GWI. (2020). What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/
GWI. "What Do You Think Should Happen to Sports Events Which Have Been Impacted by The Coronavirus Outbreak?." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/
GWI, What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
What do you think should happen to sports events which have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak? [Graph], GWI, March 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106480/sporting-events-covid/