from Michael Traikos of the National Post,

“I think hockey fits the bill for relocation or calls for some of the teams to fold if this prolongs beyond next season,” said Rodney Paul, a sports economist and professor of sport management at Syracuse University.

Added Andy Zimbalist, a sports economics professor at Smith College in Massachusetts: “When you take a league that’s already fragile financially and you add COVID-19, it’s going to have a dragging effect for four or five years and the threat of bankruptcy.

“The league will be able to patch that up with revolving loan funds, but nonetheless it’s a problem. When there’s an owner with incredibly deep pockets, it’s not an issue. But that’s not always the case.”

more