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Gov. Andrew Cuomo: ‘I want to watch the Buffalo Bills’

New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo updates sports, mentions Buffalo Bills.

On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued with his daily updates and all-things New York State in regard to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

During his latest update, Cuomo made a fun comment while discussing professional sports teams within his state’s borders. Cuomo said “I want to watch the Buffalo Bills.”

The feeling is mutual, Governor.

But in regard to the more serious aspect of the update, Cuomo, who also announced that the western New York region will begin re-opening steps on Tuesday, said the state government has instructed pro sports teams that they should plan to play without fans in the stands.

“I have been encouraging major sports teams to plan re-openings without fans but the games could be televised. New York State will help those major sports franchises to do just that. Hockey, basketball, baseball, football. Whoever, can re-open, we’re ready, willing, and able partner. Personal disclosure, I want to watch the Buffalo Bills,” Cuomo said.

Here’s his sports-related briefing:

 

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Andrew Cuomo ready to work with sports teams on hosting fanless games

Andrew Cuomo gave Brooklyn Nets and all New York fans reason to hope with his announcement on Monday.

Another major step toward the return of professional sports was taken on Monday by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

With the NBA already announcing teams can have “limited, individual workouts [at team facilities] in cities not subject to government restrictions,” Cuomo announced on Monday where professional sports stand as it pertains to the re-opening of the New York:

New York State is ready and willing to partner with major sports teams that are interested in playing games safely, without fans. If our professional sports teams can make it work (and be safe) on their end, we’re supportive.

Cuomo expressed a similar sentiment to the one he shared on Twitter during his daily press conference:

When NBA permitted team workouts, the following rules were laid out:

  • No more than four players would be permitted at a facility at any one time.
  • No head or assistant coaches could participate.
  • Group activity remains prohibited, including practices or scrimmages.
  • Players remain prohibited from using non-team facilities such as public health clubs, fitness centers, or gyms.

Furthermore, teams had to “assign one senior executive” to the position of Facility Hygiene Officer, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Bills owner Kim Pegula appointed to re-opening advisory by Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Buffalo Bills and Sabres owner Kim Pegula was appointed to the state’s re-opening advisory board on Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assembling a group.

Buffalo Bills and Sabres owner Kim Pegula was appointed to the state’s re-opening advisory board on Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assembling a group to help with the re-opening of the state when the ongoing coronavirus pandemic situation begins to improve.

Along with Pegula, other sports owner within the state, such as New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and New York Knicks and Rangers CEO James Dolan, were also appointed to the board.

Involving sports ownership within the state sounded like an easy decision for the state’s leader.

“If players could get paid more than staying home, and owners could get some revenue versus total shutdown… why not?” Cuomo said.

Cuomo, who also expressed a personal interest for missing sports, did not update any sort of time frame in regard to the re-opening sports within the state. The most recent form of timeline provided by Cuomo was on Monday. When asked if the Bills had a possibility of starting their typical training camp in Rochester in July, Cuomo responded such a decision wouldn’t come until “the end of June.”

 

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What Gov. Andrew Cuomo said about the Bills

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo discusses the Buffalo Bills, NFL training camp.

With the 2020 NFL Draft a thing of the past, the upcoming season is starting to come into the picture a bit more each and every day.

In the short term, we know the NFL will still conduct things virtually due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Typically after the draft, rookie minicamp comes up. That’s when the new guys workout in Orchard Park for the first time.

But NFL teams aren’t allowed to do so and Bills general manager Brandon Beane said they’ll meet virtually.

But Beane can’t answer the questions in regard to the bigger events scheduled next, namely training camp. That answer has some say from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and he provided his brief thoughts on Bills training camp on Monday during his daily briefing.

Cuomo was asked if the Bills could conduct their usual training camp out in the Rochester area at St. John Fisher under current coronavirus guidelines. But Cuomo took the easy, and probably effective way, out.

“I’ll tell you at the end of June,” Cuomo said.

He’s right, it’s too early to tell. But a betting man would think that the 2020 training camp is going to be different. Don’t expect fans to be allowed this year. Some are already wondering if the NFL will conduct regular season games without fans. That’s all the way in September. Commissioner Roger Goodell said it’s under consideration last week, but like Cuomo, said it’s far too early to decide that.

It seems pretty likely that if the Bills do hold training camp, it could be a revised one without fans, and if that’s the case, likely in Buffalo. No reason to ship out to St. John Fisher, but time will tell.

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Cuomo said that the ventilators, whose delivery is being facilitated by the Chinese government, will arrive at JFK on Saturday. “This is a big deal and it going to make a significant difference for us,” Cuomo said. The NBA and WNBA, in addition to players and teams, have committed $50 million to coronavirus-related relief efforts.

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Just two days before Saturday’s donation, Cuomo had announced that New York’s stockpile of ventilators was projected to last just six days. And New York officials have said the state is yet to reach the peak of the virus. The Alibaba Group, of which Tsai is the co-founder and executive vice chairman of, had already donated one million surgical masks and 500,000 testing kits to New York.

Heather Hardy on life during pandemic: ‘I was just in … utter chaos, crying’

Heather Hardy opened up about some of her struggles and concern because of the coronvirus pandemic currently ravaging the globe…

Count Heather Hardy as one of many boxers struggling to make ends meet because of the novel coronavirus.

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all non-essential businesses to close their doors indefinitely in order to stymie the transmission rate of COVID-19. That included gyms, which meant Hardy, who trains private clients at Brooklyn’s Gleason’s Gym, was out of yet another gig. Talk about a double whammy. 

“When they shut down gyms I’m officially out of work. I’m unemployed. I have no job,” Hardy said on a recent episode of the Everlast TalkBox Podcast. “I had 24 hours following the shutdown I was just in complete utter chaos, crying. I couldn’t even help myself. This impending doom, like, what’s going to happen to me?”

Hardy faces a more daunting reality than most fighters who pick up gargantuan paychecks with each fight.

Female boxers are not as highly compensated as their male counterparts. For example, in her unsuccessful world title challenge against Amanda Serrano last year, Hardy said she received less than six figures – and that was before any deductions were made to her corner, manager and the tax man. It was also a brutal fight for Hardy, who was dangerously close to getting knocked out in the first two rounds before making it to the final bell. 

Prizefighting is a full time job for Hardy but it doesn’t pay like one, at least not enough to support her family, which includes a young daughter. But Hardy didn’t dwell on her uncertain future for too long. 

“I woke up the next morning, and it was like, ‘Nah, we gotta figure this s— out,” she said. “This can’t be over. This can’t be [about] sitting around and looking at the four walls waiting for it to get better.

“A week ago this was unimaginable. To think that we we would be homeschooling our kids, we can’t see our family, going outside is dangerous, washing your hands seven, eight times a day after you touch something. It was unimaginable a week ago. But we’re super resilient and adaptive.”

Hardy takes some solace in the fact that everyone is feeling the effects from the coronavirus. She is hopeful that this will spur people – from neighbors to policymakers – to come up with better solutions in these tough times.

“The best thing to do is wake up everyday and figure out how to get through the next 24 hours,” Hardy said. “Everybody all around the world is experiencing exactly what I am … we’re all terrified, but we’re all terrified together.

“And that’s going to push people to come up with a resolution. Everyone can’t get thrown out of their homes, everyone’s lights can’t go off. There has to be a collective effort to make the best out of this that we can.”