That was bolstered by the commissioners of each leagues over the previous week, with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver saying on CNN that his guess is the league won’t start till after January 1 and NHL Comissioner Gary Bettman refusing to guarantee that his league wouldn’t be delayed as well. Being capable of end their regular season — albeit in a shortened fashion within the bubbles — earlier than going to the postseason with new codecs to match what has been a singular 12 months was the goal for both leagues. Fans are slowly starting to come back to sports activities throughout the United States — in restricted quantities. LSU athletics said they “encourage followers to conduct a self-assessment before heading to the sport to verify for COVID-19 symptoms” but in addition introduced that it’ll resume promoting alcohol and will open all concession stands in the south decrease section at Tiger Stadium.