Why don't players shake hands at the end of game?

[vacuum_cleaner]

Seems stupid. They just spent the last 40 minutes breathing all over each other, guarding close, sweating, banging bodies...and then at the end of the game, after all that, they can't shake hands with the other team for 5 seconds?

Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?

 

[unoHawkeye]

Purely optics. It is stupid, especially since they’ve all been touching the same basketball throughout the game

 

[fivecardstud14]

It's lame any way. Should be like baseball.

 

[MepoDawg#]

They don’t shake hands in wrestling before or after the match either.

 

[Incredible Hawk]

Double standards - the one thing COVID has made glaringly clear is that everyone has their own set of rules for what is acceptable behavior.....

Can't go to in class HS, but can play HS sports
Can't shake hands, but can wrestle for 10 minutes
Can't go to the grocery store, but can spend all weekend in a gym watching youth volleyball/basketball
Can't go to work, but can go to a superbowl party....

People will complain about safety in one breath yet turn around and do something that isn't safe in the next...

All common sense thrown out the window.......

 

[JRingo]

Hah! You left out my favorite: Wear a mask, but it's OK to wear it below your nose.

 

[Rifler]

It was just physical contact that was easy to dispense with,.. as indicated above, mostly optics.

 

[DodgerHawki]

Double standards - the one thing COVID has made glaringly clear is that everyone has their own set of rules for what is acceptable behavior.....

Can't go to in class HS, but can play HS sports
Can't shake hands, but can wrestle for 10 minutes
Can't go to the grocery store, but can spend all weekend in a gym watching youth volleyball/basketball
Can't go to work, but can go to a superbowl party....

People will complain about safety in one breath yet turn around and do something that isn't safe in the next...

All common sense thrown out the window.......

Yes most of all of this is theater. Once it was determined that our omnipotent overlords got to determine what is "essential" and what is not, all of this stuff just gets made up as we go along. And if you ask any questions, you get yelled at to "follow the science."

 

[CEIABall]

NBA has gone even further and has security stopping players from mingling and hugging before/after games. It's silly, optics only prevention measure.

 

[hawkifann]

Can't go to the grocery store, but can spend all weekend in a gym watching youth volleyball/basketball

Where in the world do you live that you can’t go to the grocery store?

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Where in the world do you live that you can’t go to the grocery store?

Possibly California if they're still messed up over there....

 

[MepoDawg#]

Double standards - the one thing COVID has made glaringly clear is that everyone has their own set of rules for what is acceptable behavior.....

Can't go to in class HS, but can play HS sports
Can't shake hands, but can wrestle for 10 minutes
Can't go to the grocery store, but can spend all weekend in a gym watching youth volleyball/basketball
Can't go to work, but can go to a superbowl party....

People will complain about safety in one breath yet turn around and do something that isn't safe in the next...

All common sense thrown out the window.......

If a school isn’t in-person then they aren’t playing sports in Iowa.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

While it has potential, very marginal, benefits by eliminating contact between bench players and staff who weren't involved in the game, that wouldn't seem to be a substantive enough reason on its own.

I'm fine that it's gone, though, as the potential for problems to erupt post game are enough of a reason to have done away with it. Coaches can acknowledge each other if they want to, or not. I don't really care about maintaining this forced ritual.

 

[unoHawkeye]

While it has potential, very marginal, benefits by eliminating contact between bench players and staff who weren't involved in the game, that wouldn't seem to be a substantive enough reason on its own.

I'm fine that it's gone, though, as the potential for problems to erupt post game are enough of a reason to have done away with it. Coaches can acknowledge each other if they want to, or not. I don't really care about maintaining this forced ritual.

Yeah no handshakes isn’t really a big deal. Frankly, the handshakes after the game were all optics too - make it seem like the NCAA is promoting sportsmanship for its athletes

 

[vacuum_cleaner]

My favorite so far is that the local high school bball teams can't practice at the high school bc of "health concerns"...so they just practice at the YMCA instead.

How is the ymca gym less of a health risk than the HS gym? Lol

 

[CEIABall]

While it has potential, very marginal, benefits by eliminating contact between bench players and staff who weren't involved in the game, that wouldn't seem to be a substantive enough reason on its own.

I'm fine that it's gone, though, as the potential for problems to erupt post game are enough of a reason to have done away with it. Coaches can acknowledge each other if they want to, or not. I don't really care about maintaining this forced ritual.

I would say 90% of the time it's not a "forced ritual". Players these days know each other and have friendships all across the country from playing the AAU circuit, elite high school camps, social media communication etc. I'd say the postgame handshakes are pretty friendly these days with the exception of some rivalries or maybe a particularly heated game.

I think if you surveyed D1 players on if they wanted to do away with post game handshakes for good most would say absolutely not. There's no forced handshake lines in the NBA but you see guys hugging and greeting each other before/after every game, so much so that NBA security is trying to stop it lol

 

[markfromj]

Avoid unnecessary contact.

 

[Willin]

I've had COVID, and my doctor told me the the longer the exposure the greater the odds of getting infected and the worse the impact or severity (a little investigating online confirmed this). So, to reduce the COVID issues (game cancellations, etc.), limit the possible exposure by cutting out anything unnecessary such as the handshake.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

I would say 90% of the time it's not a "forced ritual". Players these days know each other and have friendships all across the country from playing the AAU circuit, elite high school camps, social media communication etc. I'd say the postgame handshakes are pretty friendly these days with the exception of some rivalries or maybe a particularly heated game.

I think if you surveyed D1 players on if they wanted to do away with post game handshakes for good most would say absolutely not. There's no forced handshake lines in the NBA but you see guys hugging and greeting each other before/after every game, so much so that NBA security is trying to stop it lol

Once immunizations are widespread, then let players who want to shake hands with their friends post game do so.
That's a different thing than lining up everyone, including bench players and coaches, and going through the handshake ritual.

 

[papabeef]

Seems stupid. They just spent the last 40 minutes breathing all over each other, guarding close, sweating, banging bodies...and then at the end of the game, after all that, they can't shake hands with the other team for 5 seconds?

Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?

because it is stupid

 

[goodbyebobby]

Because this is all a pathetic joke.
Can't shake hands after a game but the CDC said, on Election day, if you were Covid + you could still go vote in public just mask up, wash your hands, and social distance.

Ridiculous.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Yes most of all of this is theater. Once it was determined that our omnipotent overlords got to determine what is "essential" and what is not, all of this stuff just gets made up as we go along. And if you ask any questions, you get yelled at to "follow the science."

Omnipotent overloads? That's a tad dramatic don't you think?

I don't think this decision was made by a bunch of people wearing black hoods by candlelight. Someone probably said, "we should probably skip the handshake", and everyone else said "ok".

 

[iahawkeyes17]

I find it the most funny how they have them spread out on the bench. These guys are around one another every day practicing against one another without mask in close contact. Many of them are roommates with couple of teammates. But come game time we sit them all spaced out as if matter all of a sudden. To me that is just optics.

 

[Kurt Warner]

It's idiots in power making stupid rules for us peasants to follow while they mostly don't

 

[pocha444444]

It's stupid, but not as stupid as someone caring that athletes aren't shaking hands after games.

 

[BBHawk]

I've had COVID, and my doctor told me the the longer the exposure the greater the odds of getting infected and the worse the impact or severity (a little investigating online confirmed this). So, to reduce the COVID issues (game cancellations, etc.), limit the possible exposure by cutting out anything unnecessary such as the handshake.

The voice of reason. Not much of that here.

 

[DodgerHawki]

Omnipotent overloads? That's a tad dramatic don't you think?

I don't think this decision was made by a bunch of people wearing black hoods by candlelight. Someone probably said, "we should probably skip the handshake", and everyone else said "ok".

Yes I was being dramatic. But it's a bit odd to allow them to play against each other for 40 minutes, defending in the post, defending on the perimeter, touching the same basketball, etc. But then not shake hands. And I'm fine with doing away with the post-game handshake after the game even after past COVID.

 

[kceasthawk]

Seems stupid. They just spent the last 40 minutes breathing all over each other, guarding close, sweating, banging bodies...and then at the end of the game, after all that, they can't shake hands with the other team for 5 seconds?

Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?

I'll go you one better. Why do the have the kids on the same team spread out in these funny bench scenarios, like its preventing contact? They still stand on top of each other at timeouts and pre game jump around, high five, and chest bump and then when they sit down they have them all spread out, like they are preventing something. Absolutely ridiculous......

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Yes I was being dramatic. But it's a bit odd to allow them to play against each other for 40 minutes, defending in the post, defending on the perimeter, touching the same basketball, etc. But then not shake hands. And I'm fine with doing away with the post-game handshake after the game even after past COVID.

Yes, it's a bit odd.

But some here are convinced it's the dumbest thing on earth.

But, I've checked - it's not. 😉

 

[L. Wade Childress]

For the same reason my 3rd grade girls team has to wear masks to participate in a basketball with 40 piles of kids resulting in jump balls.

 

[Hawk and Awe]

I'll go you one better. Why do the have the kids on the same team spread out in these funny bench scenarios, like its preventing contact? They still stand on top of each other at timeouts and pre game jump around, high five, and chest bump and then when they sit down they have them all spread out, like they are preventing something. Absolutely ridiculous......

I think that’s to minimize consistent exposure which increases the likelihood of spreading.

There are lots of variables. Some get controlled because they’re easy and others because they have a meaningful impact.

 

[Hawksfor3]

I think that’s to minimize consistent exposure which increases the likelihood of spreading.

Yeah, but after coming into close contact in the game, they could fist bump or elbow bump after the end. Entirely their call.

 

[notlongago]

Where in the world do you live that you can’t go to the grocery store?

Australia has very draconian rules - they stipulate time out of the house.
Not totally on topic, but UC Berkeley now considers getting a test to be exercise (they banned the gym obviously, but now have extended that to any outdoor exercise on campus).

 

[BBHawk]

Australia has very draconian rules - they stipulate time out of the house.
Not totally on topic, but UC Berkeley now considers getting a test to be exercise (they banned the gym obviously, but now have extended that to any outdoor exercise on campus).

Link?

 

[notlongago]

Link?

To what?

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Omnipotent overloads? That's a tad dramatic don't you think?

I don't think this decision was made by a bunch of people wearing black hoods by candlelight. Someone probably said, "we should probably skip the handshake", and everyone else said "ok".

That’s “hoods of color”, pal.

 

[papabeef]

Because this is all a pathetic joke.
Can't shake hands after a game but the CDC said, on Election day, if you were Covid + you could still go vote in public just mask up, wash your hands, and social distance.

Ridiculous.

sure they did , ok

 

[BBHawk]

To what?

Your source about UC Berkeley.

 

[vacuum_cleaner]

Once immunizations are widespread, then let players who want to shake hands with their friends post game do so.
That's a different thing than lining up everyone, including bench players and coaches, and going through the handshake ritual.

But after getting the vaccine, people can still get COVID19 as well as pass it on to others. So....nothing really changes.

Maybe players could shake hands if they wear 2 masks instead of 1. That seems to be the latest and greatest way we're going to stop the spread and defeat coronavirus

 

[papabeef]

Yes, it's a bit odd.

But some here are convinced it's the dumbest thing on earth.

But, I've checked - it's not. 😉

ok , the second dumbest thing on earth ....... after your post . lol