Some are bored. Some are quarantined at their beach houses. Many are experiencing shotgun acclimation to using Zoom, the video-conferencing technology they’d never heard of on March 1.
These are strange times in college athletics, as administrators, coaches and players all adjust to the new normal as the coronavirus continues to spread around the country. “The reality is that everyone is in crisis management,” said a prominent college official.
That new normal includes distance learning, endless FaceTiming with recruits and worrying about how players are eating. A facilities project has turned from building a new weight room to an arena potentially being used for triage to treat victims.