I’m talking to you thousands of angry fans — Florida State fans, Clemson fans, Virginia fans — who have spent countless hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to make the pilgrimage to Tallahassee during the past two weekends only to see football games suddenly canceled hours before kickoff on Saturday morning.
I’m talking to you owners of hotels, restaurants and other businesses in Tallahassee’s local economy who are already on the verge of going belly-up because of the massive economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
I’m talking to the COVID-ravaged athletic departments at Clemson and Virginia that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel and hotel expenses to transport their teams to Tallahassee over the last two weekends.