6 Things in Sports That COVID Revealed We Don’t Need

COVID-19 has revealed much about sports over the past year. Specifically, what’s not needed.

The pandemic has revealed much about our lives in general too, from the likely permanent shift to remote work and the childcare crisis in this country. In every aspect of our life, COVID-19 put a magnifying glass to our faults and exposed them.

In sports, that was most clearly seen with college football, which plowed through with a dreadful season during the fall, marked by cancellations, controversies, and terrible ratings. Other sports have fared better, though none have escaped the pandemic unharmed.

As we hopefully look to the future after President Biden’s announcement that there should be enough vaccine supply for every American adult in two months’ time, we can also start to see the post-pandemic future for sports. By looking back to look forward, we realize there are some things that we really don’t need moving forward. Here are a few:

Bowl Games

In terms of embarrassments in sports during COVID, I don’t think anything tops college football’s bowl season. Multiple games were canceled during the season due to COVID restrictions. Many, many teams opted out of playing games as their regular seasons ended. Imbalances between conferences meant that a 2–8…