The NBA commissioner came out yesterday and made the comment: 'you folks need to adjust and realize that Covid is never going away.'
In simple terms, he's laying out the problems that will exist.
You might have the greatest NBA team of all time....with 90-percent of the season's games won, and yet arrive on day one of the finals....with three of their key starters now out because of Covid. Adding to the mess, you might the opposing team to this freakish series....with five of their bench members discovered to have Covid and out for two weeks.
But why stop there?
For March Madness, you could have two of the top players for one team destined for the final eight....screwed with Covid. You might have one of the best players of the season who ends up with 'long Covid' and just not physically up to playing more than 20 minutes per game for the March Madness series.
You could arrive at spring training for the Mets....to find their two top relief pitchers affected by 'long Covid' and just unable to pitch at the level required....for the entire season.
You could find six members of the Alabama football team down for first two games of the season because of Covid, and the team loses the first two games in a miserable way (losing by more than 20 points in each game).
Sports screwed up? There are a thousand scenarios I could put out there and they all represent a problem in getting hyped-up about sports. You could have the final five games of a NCAA season go in some weird way.....that paves the way for a 16-17 season team to get into the final four of March Madness.
But why stop there? Why not get into the 2024 primary season, and have some candidate or two get Covid, and end up with 'long Covid'....where they don't have the energy or stamina to hype up the crowd?
Get used to this scenario being played out.
