Football would only require the defensive players to stand 11 feet apart in a line to stop movement that direction while basketball would probably turn into more of a game of long shots as the defense packs the zone under the basket most shots would be over 12 foot.Hard to imagine that being possible with football, but it is entirely conceivable with basketball. Well, not entirely conceivable but theoretically possible.
Yes, but that means that basketball could be played. And there would be the occasional faking out of some defender, allowing some penetration inside the three-point line.
How do you "fake out" a defender that stands 6 feet away when you stand still he can't move towards you do to "social distancing" Most likely all shots will be 3 pointers.
The only thing you could do is punt and try to make very long field goals I would think
Why assume that everybody would be stationary? I envision this hypothetical kind of replacement for basketball as we've known it being something like water polo in which the players are generally on the move, and that would be possible without violating the six foot rule.
That's about what I was thinking, too, except that all the field goal attempts would have to be from the team's own half of the field. (!) That's unless, of course, the rules were changed even more substantially.
Not stationary but with 5 people spread out and not violating 6 foot apart rule it would be hard to get
I'm guessing either players would have to don space suits or rules would have to be changed as there would be no tackling or touching at all.
Well, I said nothing about fast breaks or layups, etc., just that there would probably be some movement and if so some shots would be possible from inside the 3-point line.
