The NBA should resume hosting games as soon as it is safe to do so amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak, urged Mark Cuban, investor, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, and cohost of ABC’s Shark Tank. He offered his remarks on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
Cuban is among several sports league commissioners selected by President Donald Trump to serve as advisers on a committee examining the resumption of sports given coronavirus-related shutdowns. The committee includes the UFC’s Dana White and WWE owner Vince McMahon.
On Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said sports leagues could resume play this summer if “no one comes to the stadium.”
Cuban responded to Fauci’s guidance, “I’m fine with it. I think we need sports. The first league that comes on television and starts broadcasting games is going to get a windfall.”
