As the whole nation, and most of the world, went into what we called “lockdown” (but which, at least in most of the United States, wasn’t actually a lockdown, per se) back in March, two things were clear:
- Some form of lockdown was necessary in order to slow the spread of the novel Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, and
- Nobody could reasonably be expected to stay at home indefinitely.
And related to the second point, sports at all levels going into lockdown at the same time as everybody else would make staying at home even more unbearable for a lot of people.