The boos will be sponsored, so Roger Goodell should feel right at home when he announces first-round selections for the NFL Draft Thursday night from the basement of his home in Bronxville, N.Y.
And given the circumstances, we probably will, too, as the league’s annual swap meet plays out over the next few days and provides fans an outlet that’ll feel oddly reassuring.
The suspense and the second-guessing. The cheers and the complaints. It’ll all be a welcome respite for many amid a health crisis that already has postponed or canceled spring sports rituals like March Madness, Major League Baseball’s opening day, the Masters, the Kentucky Derby and the NBA and NHL playoffs.