Think of how much work goes into planning a single birthday party. Now think about how much goes into planning a 10-day celebration of tennis.
Lisa Fischer, Oklahoma State University’s assistant athletic director of event management, was one of the people in charge of planning the 2020 NCAA championship, and she doesn’t do things half-heartedly.
“For me, I love to go big or go home.”
Unfortunately for Fischer, and all the other people who helped plan Stillwater’s hosting of the event, they went big, but will still have to go home.
When the NCAA canceled its spring sports championships in wake of COVID-19, almost a century of planning got put on hold.