Professional athletes are just like the rest of us in most respects.
Sure, they make a lot more money than normal members of society and their lifestyle of charter flights and luxury hotels is on a different level than Joe Six-pack.
But those athletes are in self-quarantine practicing social distancing like the rest of us right now with the coronavirus outbreak continuing to hit hot spots around the world. And with all that time cooped up inside comes the same boredom and mundane routines that everybody has been experiencing for the last six weeks.
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Bruins center David Krejci has a newborn baby boy that adds to the degree of difficulty because the child has been waking up at all hours of the night hungry for feedings. But the soon-to-be 34-year-old center fully admits that he wants pro sports back just as much as anybody else because of the sheer boredom when it comes down to what he’s watching on television right now.
Krejci also understands that games are probably going to be played in empty arenas for at least the short term, but at least fans will have something new to watch on television aside from viral shows taking us hostage like "Tiger King."
“It would be weird. Our fans are a big, big part of the sport. Without the fans it wouldn’t be the way it is now and [the Stanley Cup Playoffs] wouldn’t have the integrity, I guess,” said Krejci, who was currently in his offseason home in South Carolina with his wife and two children. “But if that’s what we’re going to have to do then I guess that’s what we are going to have to do. I’m sure people are going to watch it on TV. It would be a little bit different winning a Cup and lifting it up without the fans all around you, and then not having a parade around the city.
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“But I understand that [playing games with fans] isn’t possible right now. I’m sure people would watch it on TV. TV has been pretty boring with no live sports right now. I miss hockey. Everyone misses hockey. I know the players, the fans, everyone [does] right?”
Krejci is right on about all of the above with the NFL Draft sitting as the most exciting live sports event that’s happened in the sports world in over a month. Everybody hopes that’s going to change by the time June or July rolls around and hopefully some of the sports leagues have been given a healthy green light by the government to resume business at least as quasi-usual.