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the professionals. insurance marker a minute later. The
• This means that the Toronto Raptors Panthers now lead the series 12 games
are back-to-back NBA Champions! to 2 over the Falcons.
The RUFFO Report #WeTheNorth • If this is the end of the NHL season,
• Tom Brady to the Buc’s is exciting, this is how the final standings of Larry’s
with Perry Ruffo especially because the Super Bowl is Hockey Bonanza office hockey pool

scheduled to be played in Tampa Bay. would look like:
What a story this would be in the Brady Ruest would own the office bragging
legacy. rights, finishing in top spot with 1245
his has easily been the toughest if only for a few hours; but not this • Congratulations to local soccer star pts.

Tmonth that I have lived through. time. Around the world, every major, Carina Vincelli, who has committed to Ruffo, who led for most of the season
Never before has the entire world come professional, recreational, junior, and play women’s soccer for the Queens’ but fell behind in the final few weeks
to a complete standstill because we are minor sport has been put on hold. The Gaels. Carina is a 5’4” center back who would finish in 2nd place with 1219
all fighting the same fight. Instead of Olympics have been postponed and played for Georgia Gwinnett College pts. followed by Lefebvre with 1189
talking about familiar topics such as even playing street hockey has been last season. It’s great to see her playing pts., Poitras with 1186 pts., Dore with
wild card positions, spring training, forbidden. A “Tweet” from Nike close to home. 1157 pts., O’Rourke with 1110 pts.,
the Stanley Cup playoffs, and opening sums up this situation pretty well: • The 14th Annual Bishop Cup was Fleming with 1035 pts., and the Twins
day, we have become very familiar “Now more than ever, we are one a very exciting game that saw the St. in last place with 1032 pts.
with terms like self isolation, social team. If you ever dreamed of playing Joe’s Panthers skate to a 5-3 win over
distancing, and ‘stay at home’. In the for millions around the world, now the Holy Trinity Falcons. The game Stay safe and keep healthy.
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past, when a world crisis would affect is your chance.” Do your part, stay was tied 3-3 until late in the 3rd period Brighter days are around the corner.
our lives, we still had the escape of sports home, wash your hands, and listen to when St. Joe’s would score with just My name is Perry Ruffo & this has
to help us forget about our problems, the advice and recommendations of over 4 minutes left to play, adding an been the RUFFO Report.
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Sports Panel
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Question: The COVID19 pandemic is creating havoc around the world in all aspects of people’s lives.

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From a sports perspective, in what way might the pandemic create lasting changes or affects to sports?

Gilles Gaudet - Sports Enthusiast - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of our lives will be forever altered, and our world will undergo a
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drastic transformation. The world of sport will not be an exception, and this pandemic will change the future of sport in many ways.
This pandemic is the first event that has affected the world, not just a city, not just a country, not just a continent, but the entire population
that inhabits Earth. People, companies, governments, and sports will examine their Risk Management plans and re-evaluate how they do
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business. Teams and leagues will start recovery plans that will extend into the near future. There will be no flipping of a switch; this will not
be a turn-key operation. It will be tedious and time consuming, as the globe awakens from this social distancing bad dream. Sports owners
and all those associated with the business will lose millions of dollars. World-wide, the sporting business is a 160 billion-dollar proposition,
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and the belt tightening because of these huge losses will happen very quickly. I imagine owners will look at recouping some of these dollars
by cutting salaries, laying people off, and re-negotiating contracts. They should seek financial advice from Eugene (Pandemic) Melnyk; he’s
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been operating under these parameters for years!
We should all take this so-called break from sports to get outside more, take a walk, or ride a bike. For most of us, this is a time of opportunity,
not a catastrophe.
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Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach -The entire world is at war with COVID-19 and we are all witnessing the ravaging devastation to
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people’s lives, the health care system, and most importantly the staggering loss of life.
Fighting and ending this war is entirely dependent upon each individual taking this crisis seriously and listening to what the health experts
are advising us to do; stay home, obey quarantine criteria, practice physical distancing, be mindful of safe hygiene by being careful of your
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surroundings, washing hands often, covering coughs and sneezes, and not putting others at risk.
It’s without question that this devastating disease will have lasting effects on all aspects of our lives, including the sports world. From a sports
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perspective, I believe this crisis will inspire innovative hygiene changes to sports equipment to prevent the spread of disease, force hygiene
regulations for upgrades to facilities, implement new testing regulations for athletes, create new rules for hygiene practices for all sports
organizations from minor organizations to pro sports, and amateur athletics to the Olympics. These rules have already begun, as Japan has
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announced a) the postponement of the 2020 Olympics to 2021, and b) that competing athletes are representing countries that have COVID-19
under control.
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Today, we all must do what is within our control to prevent the spread of this virus and save lives.
Stay safe and stay healthy.

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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - Here we are entering the final week of March and the COVID-19 pandemic has the world around us
seemingly changing by the hour. All sports have come to a complete halt and don’t appear to be starting back up anytime soon. This is the
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first time ever that sports have been affected globally - the only comparable is the cancellation of the Tour de France and the Olympic games
during WW2 and, from a North American perspective, the one week cancellation of MLB and NFL events following 9/11. The longer that this
drags on, the greater the impact. Avid sports fans will continue to attend games, but at least initially, many will have second thoughts about
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being in a large crowd and will watch from home. Pro sports are a big business and, in the future, teams, player unions, and TV networks will
all be looking to protect their own interests should there be another pandemic. At some point, life will get back to normal and the games will
return. In the meantime, stay safe.