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.
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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 June 27, 2025, 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 June 27, 2025. 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: June 27, 2025. 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/
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