Hail, NBA! League did what it could to make the ’21 All-Star Game a TV-only event.
Last Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta was a bit different–like just about everything else in sports over the past year. You know why: COVID-19.
In any other year, the game would be played before a large, in-arena game. Not this year. And there would be plenty of All-Star parties thrown, too, both in the host city and across America.
But the NBA stepped in and stepped up. The league issued around 200 cease-and-desist orders to venues all around Atlanta. In other words, the NBA wanted to cut out unauthorized gatherings.
In my view, the NBA did the right thing–no fans and no parties. It’s just not worth getting sick over a basketball game.
Hopefully, other sporting leagues will get the message and follow suit. The field goal that matters is conquering COVID-19.
