[Westheim]

You keep having this ass-backwards. It doesn't matter if the teams play in a red state or green state (as per the CNN color maps of increasing/decreasing infections). The teams are suppposed to i-so-late. It is entirely possible for them to never visually see hotel personnel f.e.;

If the Phillies come to New York to play the Mets over the weekend,

- their rooms are deep-cleaned on Thursday,
- every room has an amount of bed sheets, towels, snacks etc. that is deemed appropriate,
- the keys are stuck in the doors when the players arrive,
- there is no other guest in the entire hotel,
- the Phillies shuttle to Citi and back in X number of buses every day, entering through the rear door to have no contact with the driver,
- play the game at Citi (and lose), and then immediately return to the hotel,
- retreat to their room and stay there,
- rinse repeat until they leave on Sunday afternoon,
- and then the rooms are deep-cleaned on Monday.

If the Mets host the Braves starting on Monday, they either stay in a different hotel or on different floors.

Meals are probably best had at the ballpark and delivered by catering. This can be done without any direct contact. Catering personnel delivers the meals wearing protective equipment, leaves, and picks up their empty containers etc. at night.

There ARE solutions for everything.

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Travel from the US to the EU is banned, but I am not positive on the details. I wouldn't travel anyway, because I don't travel in non-pandemic scenarios, either.

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Players opting out shall opt out. We'll decide in '21 whether we still love them.