A report by the American network ESPN estimated the size of sports sector revenue losses in the United States at about $ 12 billion, due to the total closure resulting from the spread of the Corona virus. p> According to Arabiya Net, the report clarified the possibility of increasing losses in the event of the cancellation of the American Football League (NFL) and university championships.

Patrick Rich, director of the Sports Business Program at Washington University in St. Louis, estimated the impact of the full closure of ESPN on the major professional leagues at a loss of $ 5.5 billion. , University tournaments at $ 3.9 billion, and sports competitions for the youth category at $ 2.4 billion.

These numbers assume the completion of the half-season of the baseball league and football league with the presence of spectators in exchange for a possible cancellation of the regular season in the basketball and hockey tournaments and the establishment of the final playoffs stage without an audience The youth sports competition will resume in July.

None of this is foolproof, given instructions to stay at home in most parts of the country as a result of the deadly virus that has killed about 65,000 people in the United States from Within more than a million reported and confirmed cases.

"As an economist, you go back, you look at the massacre that is disorganized, amazed, psychedelic, minded," Rich said, as an economist. All of these phrases are all relevant because we have never seen anything on this scale.

The figures include $ 3.25 billion that spectators could have spent on professional tournaments, in addition to $ 371 million in income for stadium workers and $ 2.2 billion in transportation rights fees TV show in the United States.

If the NFL is canceled, this will cost more than $ 11.5 billion in TV revenue, while 65 US football programs receive about $ 4 billion from TV money, about half of the income that funds all sports administration budgets.

The report stated that there are 3 million jobs across the country that depend on sports, from guides and guards to scouts and coaches. Rich said that if he had to play a baseball championship without a half-season audience, more than $ 2 billion in fans would be lost.