It’s felt inevitable the last couple weeks that the Coronavirus would eventually have an impact on the sports world, and it appears that we may have finally reached the breaking point. Schools across the northeast, and across the country as a whole, are starting to take measures to slow the spread of the virus by reducing the number of mass-attended events.
Here in my home state of Connecticut, all high school tournaments for the winter sports season have been cancelled and the governor announced a state of emergency this afternoon. Harvard, as well as several other schools in Massachusetts, are sending students home, telling students to expect classes to be remote after spring break.