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It’s been three weeks since the NBA suspended its season and sparked a chain reaction that saw basically every other major league take similar measures during a point in the year where playoff races typically kick into high gear and March Madness gives people an excuse to take a day or two off of work and crack a beer at an hour that’s normally viewed as socially unacceptable.
I’ll admit I was not thrilled when I was blindsided by what was arguably the craziest 24-hour period in the history of organized athletics, and as a diehard Bruins fan, I was pretty pissed at Gary Bettman for hitting the pause button with the team at the top of the standings and sporting a ton of momentum with the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the horizon.
However, it soon became clear that the right call had been made but this twist of fate was particularly cruel when you consider sports would currently serve as the perfect distraction as people find themselves largely confined to their homes and in desperate need of something to help keep their mind off the state of the world right now.
Thankfully, there has been a small oasis in this relatively barren landscape in the form of the NFL, which has been doing what it can to conduct business as usual as the offseason continues to unfold to a point where it seems the league’s highest powers are stubbornly ignoring our current reality.
Last week, Adam Schefter reported a number of general managers had voiced some concern over Roger Goodell’s refusal to postpone the draft, which resulted in the commissioner taking their complaints to heart and deciding to resche—oh, sorry. He actually threatened to hit them with a fine for questioning his judgment.
On Tuesday, Schefter addressed Goodell’s bullheadedness while chatting with Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter, saying that everyone obviously wishes football wasn’t impacted by this surreal situation before tearing into the league for burying its head in the sand to ignore the “carnage on the streets.”
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Preach, Schefty. Preach.