Welcome to your first day in a post-sports world. If you're literate, try giving a book a try.
Song of the Day: "Real Friends" by Kanye West.
Word of the Day: Repudiate.
GET DUMPED THEN, SFA! While no official champion will ever be crowned, Joe Lunardi has somberly provided us with his final bracketology of what could have been Ohio State's 2020 national title run.
Honestly, I feel confident in that draw. I think we can go ahead and claim the national title now, because it pretty clearly would have been coming home to Columbus.
AARON CRAFT IS OKAY. You may not have even realized there was any reason for concern, but don't worry everybody, Aaron Craft is doing just fine.
Our beloved rosey-cheeked assassin is currently in Italy, which is not an extremely ideal place to be amidst the coronavirus outbreak, but our own Colin Hass-Hill reached out to him yesterday and we're happy to report that everything is good in his part of the boot.
"Things are good over here thanks," Craft told Eleven Warriors. "Daily life hasn’t changed drastically. No games or practice for a bit so just enjoying some family time."
It's a shame he's still almost a decade out from being Dr. Craft. We could sure use his grind about now.
MORE ELIGIBILITY? A few thousand college athletes who were in their final years of eligibility are now in a state of imbo wondering if their college playing careers are suddenly over.
All I can tell you is that it looks like the NCAA is going to ponder it for a bit and then let us know.
I know everybody is jumping at thinking this means players get another year but I would hold off on that assumption for now. But the NCAA will formally address eligibility issues, especially in spring sports like baseball, softball, lax, etc.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) March 12, 2020
(Theyre right, lots of time to focus on the nuts and bolts of the NCAA workings with, sadly, time away from the court/field).
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) March 12, 2020
Giving an entire extra season of eligibility to a basketball player or wrestler because the postseason was canceled seems a little unrealistic, but athletes like rowers, lacrosse players, softball players and baseball players should absolutely get an extra season of eligibility.
Now, even though I do think that's the correct answer, I can't honestly say I have a good plan of how they should go about doing it. You'd probably need extra scholarships and more roster space, but I'm sure someone smarter than me is going to figure it out.
It seems insane to just give athletes a blanket extra season of eligibility, but unprecedented times call for unprecedented reactions.
POUR ONE OUT FOR THIS GUY. There might not be a non-player in the country more distraught by the NCAA Tournament's cancelation than this fellow, who missed out on a chance to watch the best team in the history of his alma mater's basketball program play for a national title.
(And also, win $22,530.)
It's tough enough to see the greatest season in UD history end this way, but sitting on this ticket doesn't make it any easier. pic.twitter.com/jQrfgZaKr7
— Shawn Panther (@shapanud) March 12, 2020
Shawn was approaching guaranteed massive payday territory by selling the ticket or hedging, but he held onto it and now gets nothing but his $30 back.
It's easy to say he should have unloaded that thing a while ago, but the way Dayton was playing, I would have let it ride for a while too. How the hell are you going to predict the damn tournament is going to be canceled? I thought that was unfathomable like, 48 hours ago.
NOT STICKING TO SPORTS (BECAUSE SPORTS ARE DEAD). He used to sell crack, but now he owns a successful bakery... Meet the people who haven't bought clothes in a decade... Hand sanitizer and toilet paper are now arcade game prizes... The duo who documented the birth of New York City’s subway... 75 percent of the cannabis sold on the streets is said to contain fecal matter... A French mayor defends holding a massive Smurf rally despite the coronavirus spread.
