In most walks of life, the adage of “If there’s a will, there’s a way” works like a charm.



And then there’s this.



A global pandemic that touches millions and brings professional sports leagues to an abrupt and expensive halt, with the COVID-19 experience forcing them to reconsider their place in society at large while assessing the many morbid dangers that come with an eventual restart. Their business doesn’t matter in the grander sense, but there is a ton of money involved and livelihoods well beyond the athletes themselves to ponder. The collective will could be through the roof, and there still might not be a way.



So with politicians, stakeholders and (hopefully) doctors as well as scientists filling their ears with all the latest perspectives, we now see all these commissioners coordinating with their people and even the President while knowing full well that the answers and the clarity about how this should all unfold...