Global Pandemic
Just when I thought the world of sports could recover after the Kobe Bryant tragedy, man was I a fool. I swear Kobe is looking at all of us and going well, ya’ll need to figure it out now because this is just sad man. The Corona Virus is literally taking all of the fun out of the spring season for sports. I mean everything is cancelled, from Spring Training for baseball to Pro Days for college football players looking to make the NFL draft this summer. They even cancelled the NCAA tournament for college basketball, ending any seniors chance of winning or making the tournament with their teams. I have resorted to watching bowling and the National Cornhole League on ESPN now.
Seasonal Depression
Without having anything to watch on TV now, what are we suppose to do? I mean they are at least showing re-runs of games on TV, but still that isn’t going to hold us over. MLB has already cancelled the rest of spring training and now looking to delay the start of the season, which is going to screw a lot of people over with taking off of work for those games, but what is going to happen in the future? Will it just be a shortened season? Will they make it go longer? Are these going to be the questions that all of the other sports are going to be asking themselves?
On the Bright Side
With all of these things getting cancelled, there are so many venues that have workers that were relying on all of this to make money and support their families. I just love how these players are giving back to their communities and helping all of those who are in need. Giannis announced on Friday, March 13th that he was donating $100,000 to all of the part time employees of Fiserv Fourm, then a few hours later Khris Middleton announced that he was matching Giannis’ donation. Saturday, March 14th, the entire Milwaukee Bucks organization announced that all of the players would donate $100,000 to help all that are affected by this. It’s things like this that restore my faith in these players.
In the End
I hope that something happens soon so not only the players can do their things, but the fans can enjoy the games they paid to see and everyone prevents this virus from spreading. This is something that we will have to keep an eye on to see if there are any major changes to it.
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