When the NBA and the Players Association agreed to a proposal to resume play for the 2019-20 season, many of us — myself included — were under the belief that this meant basketball was definitely back.
What has become clear over the past few days, and something the NHL has done well to specify in its Return to Play, is that the players merely approved the scheduling format for the rest of the season. They did not approve of the campus set-up or testing protocol or several other details that remain unresolved as the potential start date approaches.