Justin Fields will be OK.
Let's start at the conclusion to avoid any misgivings about the premise. He's an ultra-talented quarterback who is soon headed to the NFL. Fields will have a chance to become the face of a franchise and put together a long, successful professional career.
But right now, as with hundreds of other college football players who aren't suiting up this fall, it hurts.
"It" is not playing a season in 2020—something that seemed unconscionable as 2019 ended. Not guiding Ohio State's run at a Big Ten or national championship. Not taking the field with his teammates.