At the end of the day, it's about the future. On Monday, he majority of people in this country could not tell you who won the World Series, the NBA championship, the Masters or who the best team in the NFL is.
We can survive a year or two without sports.
We can survive a year or two without sports i agree. But can sports survive after a year or two of not being played. The second thing i would bring up is i think sports make staying at home much easier and helps people keep their sanity better then not having them. i find them therapeutic. and when there were no sports i was out more i was at home improvement store and other places to get things to fix my house because i was bored.
So i don't think we should have sports because we are worried about who the champions are we need them to have a distraction from covid.
I'm for having sports, so long as the health and safety of the players, coaches, refs, and others associated with the program aren't jeopardized. That likely means that fans won't be allowed. Trouble is, once the players, their families and others successfully lobbied for football games to be played, some started lobbying for fans to be there. Suddenly, some SEC teams were letting in thousands of fans instead of hundreds, and coaches from other teams complained about the unfair competitive advantage. So those schools allowed more fans in. And that helped cause the fall covid surge. Some sports haven't had that issue. Horse racing, for example, makes the bulk of its money from betting, which is largely done off-site. But sports like football and basketball rely heavily on ticket sales and concessions. They can probably last this year without fans in attendance but another year would put a lot of teams in deep trouble. That's why the virus needs to be controlled soon.