Sports Are Gone For Now

For the first time since seemingly 9/11, there’s no sports. No baseball. No football. No basketball. No hockey.

At a time where we need escapism the most, it’s completely gone. This has left us to wonder what are we going to talk about and watch. It’s been less than a day, and we’re already fretting about life without sports.

Calm down. We’re all going to live. Actually, that’s kind of the point. We’re taking measures now, so we can enjoy these things later.

For MLB, there will eventually be a season and a World Series. We don’t know the logistics, but it’s safe to say it’ll happen.

We can’t say with any certainty yet about whether there will be a Stanley Cup or NBA Finals. We don’t know college sports are done for the year. That means no NCAA Tournament or College World Series. That’s devastating for seniors.

Ideally, something will be set up to make them and fans feel whole for all the missed time and opportunity. For different leagues that may be unlikely to impossible. Still, someone somewhere is going to play.

When that happens, it’s going to be hard to imagine a moment the magnitude of Mike Piazza‘s homer or Steve Gleason’s blocked punt. At the end of the day, that won’t be a big deal as we’ll just be relieved to have sports return.

When that day comes, win or lose, it’ll be a good day. And much like everything else right now, we likely won’t take it for granted because perhaps for the very first time we’re learning sports can be taken away from all of us just like that.

That’s a scary thought, but it’s not as scary as the coronavirus, at least not right now. That’s how we know it’s the right decision. The next next big decision is when we gets sports back.

Hopefully, it’ll happen soon. The sooner the better. Just not too soon.

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