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For a >> frankly, we're 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 we're 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, what's 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 r...

Olympics, and they will go. >> so i referenced at the outset different approaches by different sport leagues. i didn't even mention mlb, which you're very familiar with, and they're in the midst of a collective bargaining negotiation right now. give me the big picture view of all of these professional leagues and how they're 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 what i'm about to say could be on the table in these negotiations. i spoke recently with michell...

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 league will no longer do regular testing on vaccinated players who don't show symptoms. this after doze...

Players association that represents them, and you're saying, hey, this isn't the most important thing in the world to us, with all due respect. it's in the middle of the pandemic. it's in china for crying out loud, and on top of that, from what we can learn -- and they're always a little bit different to pin down when it comes to what the chinese government might do, but what we've been led to believe is that if individuals test positive, they may be kept in china for as many as two weeks to quarantine before they're allowed to go home. you put all that together, and why in the world would 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 league will no longer do regular testing on vaccinated players who don't show symptoms. this after dozens of players tested positive last week, forcing three games to be rescheduled. as for the nba, seven ...