The National Football League premiered Wednesday Afternoon Football on NBC at 3: 40 p.m. the other day when the Baltimore Ravens dealt with the Pittsburgh Steelers in a game that been postponed 3 times The early kickoff was regrettable but essential to prevent a dispute with NBC’s broadcast of the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center.
It’s come to this: the mightiest of all leagues in the most rewarding of all sports upstaged by a Norway Spruce. The NFL has itself to blame. It tried to play away the infection, wishing it off the field like player’s kneeling during the National Anthem or an epidemic of concussions. However no back-office PR group is a match for COVID.
Other leagues have actually managed better. Baseball shrunk its lineup and schedule, banned high-fives, hugs, arguing, and spitting. Mid-season it tightened enforcement after the Miami Marlins suffered a major outbreak and had a successful World Series. Golf delayed its renowned Masters Tournament until the fall, foregoing blooming magnolias and late sundowns that allowed more hours on the course but bestowing a green jacket on a winner. The National Basketball Association went for it, moving into a bubble in Orlando, separated players and checked them continuously before crowning Lebron James’ Los Angeles Lakers champs to the roar of a virtual crowd.
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