When the seasons interrupted, delayed or shortened by COVID-19 are finally completed, will the championships count as heavily? Will the rings be quite as garish? Will legacies be affixed with an asterisk?
If LeBron James can drag his Los Angeles Lakers through the truncated remainder of the regular season and win another title in Orlando, will his fourth championship be considered equivalent to his first three? If the Champions League is ever resumed, could Lionel Messi’s potential fifth European crown weigh as heavily as the others? If Major League Baseball plays a drastically shortened season, will the divisional, league and World Series banners also be cut down to a commensurate size?