Good things come to those who wait


Every music fan understands the uncontrollable anticipation one has when they are waiting for their favorite artist to release a new album. Sports fans are now in that phase with their favorite sports league. Much like almost everything during the COVID-19 Pandemic for us fans its uncharted territory and the anticipation feels like crippling anxiety. However, fans should realize how special a time we are living in, in relation to the return of sports in our lives.
The excitement that will return with sports coming back into our lives will be like nothing any fan has lived through. The interest in going and see sports in person will go up astronomically with the money that has been lost collectively will flood back into the pockets of the greedy owners. The coverage of sports and the consumption of every snippet of sports will have ratings on par with the Jordan documentary.
Owners and players as well will return to the days of seeing millions of dollars enter their respective bank accounts. However, I get the reason why everyone in sports is complaining and wanting to play, nobody likes to lose money (no matter how much it is), and rich people especially hate seeing any negative figure financially. As fans we should discard any comments made in the near future when it comes to money because everyone involved in getting sports back on television only care about the cash that comes along with games.
Sports returning will be the best season premiere of television history even beating out some Friends, Office, or I Love Lucy season starters. The buffoons up in Buffalo who jump through flaming tables (not judging it’s awesomely idiotic) will have nothing on the collective sports world losing their minds over the first live sports broadcast of the 2020 season. It will be epic, but give it time. The grim reality of sports being delayed until 2021 does seem more like the future and to be honest I am perfectly okay with that.
Which would you rather have?
A.    All major sports leagues release joint statement pushing play back until 2021.
B.    Each individual league “leak” proposals of start dates and leading us on with momentous false hope until 2021 arrives.
 I would rather have Scenario A so I know that there is a concreate (or as solid a date of can be during these times) to when sports will be back. That also gives the leagues a time table to make sure that any Pandemic proposal (if needed) will be completely thought out and the testing procedures will be hopefully further along than they are right now and can be done in a space where the leagues aren’t taking tests away from the American people. Starting in 2021 solves essentially every question that has been brought up during the quarantine with the exception being “what about a second wave” and even that question is more solvable because we will have more of a grasp on that question months down the line. Time is a friend of reopening. Start the clock on “Sports in 2021” now. Even if the country slowly begins to open up over the course of the summer months, the enticing thought of playing in 2020 is a dangerous thought process, because of the possible impact of a second wave. Let’s not rush everything back once health officials give the American public the “okay” to start to open back up. Put sports on the back burner right now, there are bigger things to tackle at the moment. It’s okay, the excitement once the return happens will outlast the sadness us sports fans are feeling in the moment. Sports will get its day again, but for now, the candy shop is closed.

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