Though the sports we watch brought with them a façade of “back to normal” as the pandemic-altered 2021 came to a close, a new reality took root. Every game is a positive test or outbreak away from being postponed, compromised or canceled.
— a tragic series of events that underscored the drug problems long embedded in that sport.
Leagues such as the NFL, which for decades pretended gambling had no place in its game, went all-in and actively embraced some of the biggest sportsbooks as big-money sponsors. And while legalized wagering is changing the experience of watching a game, COVID-19 is changing the experience of going to one.
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