That has not been the case. Not even close.
Still, dozens of other games will be played this weekend many in front of fans, which makes no sense during a pandemic.
Football, of course, is hardly alone.
College basketball could have been proud of its moral stance in March. The N.C.A.A. pulled the plug on its showcase national championship tournaments last season because the virus was beginning to take hold in the United States. That took guts. Now, with the virus ripping across the nation in ways never seen before, basketball is back. That is plain stupid.
The show must go on. It does not matter that twoathletes from big-time programs were just told they have dangerous heart inflammation, a condition experts have said can be related to Covid-19 a reminder of long-term health dangers that are still little understood.
It does not matter that games are often contested on campuses where classes are virtual and students who cant hit a jump shot or make a tackle are staying home for safety.
Nor does it matter that every infected player, even the many who feel no symptoms, can unwittingly spread the disease to someone who ends up in the hospital.
Think of the No. 1 ranked Stanford womens basketball team. The virus recently forced officials in Santa Clara County, Calif., to halt all contact sports. That meant the Cardinal could not play their home games in Palo Alto. So where did they move to compete through most of December? Las Vegas, even though its local rate of cases is much higher than the rate in Stanfords hometown. .read more
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