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For a >> frankly, were having trouble coming up with what the logic would be behind pausing right now. as we look through the cases, this virus will not be eradicated, and were going to have to learn to live with it. >> with sports as one of the few things that usually cut across politics these days, we turn to bob costas for what it all means. bob, whats the significance of the nhl development vis-a-vis the olympics? >> well, you have to take it not just from an american perspective or even a c...

Olympics, and they will go. >> so i referenced at the outset different approaches by different sport leagues. i didnt even mention mlb, which youre very familiar with, and theyre in the midst of a collective bargaining negotiation right now. give me the big picture view of all of these professional leagues and how theyre dealing with omicron. >> well, i think the -- what may be coming down the line, baseball has a blank canvas now when it comes to its collective bargaining agreement, so i think ...

The sports world once again serving as a microcosm for this pandemic. with omicron cases surging, the nfl and the nhl taking starkly different approaches. hockey players reportedly now pulling out of the olympics, as their season gets paused. those moves come after 11 teams had to suspend operations because more than 15% of the league went on the protocol list. meanwhile, on the gridiron, the priority is keeping players on the field. with less than three weeks left in the regular season, the lea...

Players association that represents them, and youre saying, hey, this isnt the most important thing in the world to us, with all due respect. its in the middle of the pandemic. its in china for crying out loud, and on top of that, from what we can learn -- and theyre always a little bit different to pin down when it comes to what the chinese government might do, but what weve been led to believe is that if individuals test positive, they may be kept in china for as many as two weeks to quarantin...

Nfl and the nhl taking starkly different approaches. hockey players reportedly now pulling out of the olympics, as their season gets paused. those moves come after 11 teams had to suspend operations because more than 15% of the league went on the protocol list. meanwhile, on the gridiron, the priority is keeping players on the field. with less than three weeks left in the regular season, the league will no longer do regular testing on vaccinated players who dont show symptoms. this after dozens ...

Sprinter or a skater, the olympics are the be all and end all. if youre an nba player, an nhl player, a tennis player a golfer, its nice but its not your be all, the end all, the stanley cup is, the masters is. now youre an nhl player and the players association that represents them, and youre saying, hey, this isnt the most important thing in the world to us, with all due respect. its in the middle of the pandemic. its in china for crying out loud, and on top of that, from what we can learn -- ...

>> with sports as one of the few things that usually cut across politics these days, we turn to bob costas for what it all means. bob, whats the significance of the nhl development vis-a-vis the olympics? >> well, you have to take it not just from an american perspective or even a canadian perspective. well over a dozen nations are represented in the nhl, many from europe and russia heavily represented, so those nations will have to fill out their roster without nhl players, and one of the thing...