On Monday night, ESPN hosted a special featuring Commissioners from the NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB, NFL and MLS on restarting sports. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver tried to strike a tone between empathizing with players who want to address social issues and/or are concerned with their health, and the need to get toward a new normal where society learns to coexist with the coronavirus.
I’ll leave his explanation on threading the needle below.
One of most notable things Silver mentioned was regarding any player on one of the 22 teams going to the season restart in Orlando, Florida.