Somehow it’s only been eight days since the NBA announced that the season would be suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. It feels so much longer.
In those eight days, nearly every organized sports league on the planet has followed suit. MLB, NHL, and MLS suspended operations the next morning, and the NCAA later that evening. It’s been a domino effect since then, with some leagues being relatively proactive, and others (like the UFC), hanging on as long as possible before regulations forced the inevitable.
Apparently the Big3 didn’t get the memo. Or, perhaps more accurately, they got the memo but felt compelled to create a solution (spoiler: not all problems have solutions).