The football and basketball leagues are preparing for the possibility of advancing the games if the curfew takes effect tomorrow • The broadcasters hope that the move will not be approved by the Attorney General
A nightly closure would be a fatal blow to Israeli sports
Photography:
Ami fat
Whether the night curfew will take effect is a question that, of course, worries all Israeli citizens, including, of course, football and basketball people.
The immediate meaning of the night curfew that will apply tomorrow (Wednesday) evening is the shift of midweek games to earlier hours (Hapoel Haifa's game against Hapoel Tel Aviv is scheduled to start at 20:00 and early if the night curfew takes effect at 17:00) and at the same time mid-cycle This week in basketball he will have to finish the games by 18:00 which will lead to games of teams in the north and south of the country, starting at 14:00 in the middle of the week.
For broadcasters this is the final death blow of the current season. A whole month without an audience on the pitches and of course without TV viewers, will further reduce the scope of sponsorships because the ratings will be zero to non-existent. "The night curfew will be a death blow to football and basketball," said a source close to the matter. The football and basketball leagues want to continue the leagues anyway, but it is precisely the broadcasters who have high hopes for the attorney general who will not allow the night curfew and so the games will remain at their normal time.