March Sadness (2020)

This year 2020, March Madness was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and around the world. No games, no fans, no madness at all. The NCAA did the right thing by canceling the whole tournament for safety reasons and looking out for everybody who would’ve been involved in the most exciting college basketball tournament in the world. The sadness has been hitting hard, no selection Sunday was aired on TV, no play in games, no round of 32, nothing at all. No excitement and nobody can watch the games religiously like most sports fans do during March. It is one of the craziest things that has ever happened in this country, no sports at all, and no March Madness. For the 21 years I have been alive I know that the NCAA March Madness tournament has gone on and the ones that I was able to watch, I watched most of every game. It is heartbreaking for the small schools that got a bid into the tournament this year, that is not able to play on the biggest stage. It is also unfortunate for the seniors on every team that made the tournament that doesn’t get to play potentially there last game for there school, again on the biggest stage possible.

The NCAA is also missing out on the fun, aka the money, the total money the make, on average, generates close to 900 million dollars off this tournament. That is a ton of money not being made due to this terrible virus that is impacting the world. The teams, players, coaches, managers, trainers that would have been involved in the tournament this year I am sure are home being safe and clean. Most of American’s should be doing the same, staying inside away from people and washing hands not to get this horrible virus that is impacting the whole world. I know everybody is super sad about no March Madness, but we all need to see the big picture and realize that this COVID-19 is very scary and getting deathly, I hope March Madness will be back and better than ever next year. During this time off from sports, we all should be reflecting how we should cherish all sporting events. This is a time when we should be thankful for sports and what all they have brought to our personal lives, and the stories and memories that have been made. Sports will be back and the excitement for that from everybody is unreal. It will be special when we can play/watch sports again.