COVID-19 is causing a cancelation of all spring sporting events, causing seniors to forfeit their last season.
As I mentioned in my About Me post awhile back, I go to Mount Mercy University. Mount Mercy, as some people might know, is an NAIA division. The decision did not come easily for the NAIA to cancel all spring sports but wanting to keep the safety of the athletes and coaches was the most important. NAIA was kind enough to grant two additional semester terms of attendance and eligibility to all athletes, but for those graduating this spring, it doesn’t really make a difference.
Being a college athlete, it was not an easy thing to hear that our spring season of track was cancelled. I think the worst part of hearing those words was knowing that the seniors, some of my closest friends, will not be able to compete in their last track season ever. Having that last season, the one you knew you had, stripped away is an emotional thing for any athlete.
NAIA is not the only division being affected in this growing state of emergency, the NCAA called off the 2020 winter and spring championships due to this outbreak. March Madness was even cancelled (more like March Sadness if you tell me).
Point being COVID-19 is robbing so many students of the joy they feel participating in their sports. I truly feel so terrible for all the college seniors that have gotten stripped from their sport, their pride and their joy. Guess all anyone can do now is hope this pandemic gets under control before the 2020 fall season.
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