Welcome to Friday ... Outsider?
Might be where we're headed for the foreseeable future. And by we, I mean we who cover sports for a living.
Obligatory disclaimer I: I'm one of those. Same's true of everyone at this company and, thus, of the company's mission itself. So I'm hardly unbiased here, and I won't come close to claiming otherwise.
Obligatory disclaimer II: No one cares how hard our jobs are or aren't. The public perception, anyway, is that we're all pom-pom waving fans with our feet propped up on press box tables, munching on endless nachos and enjoying the game. So I probably don't even need to offer this disclaimer, but I will, anyway. People currently are having problems far more pressing than ours.
Still, in the interest of the openness we've always tried to achieve here, I'd be remiss if I didn't share what I can about how the coronavirus crisis might impact the sports journalism business, particularly the critical area of access to the people and events we're supposed to be covering.
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