On the TunneySide of Sports April 27, 2020 #793 Up next… The New Normal
After further review… So, what is the “new normal?” Many writers have been proclaiming that after we rid ourselves of COVID-19 and are free of this pandemic, life will be different. Is that bad? It has been said that “The trouble with the future, is the future isn’t what it used to be!” Leaving our comfort zone can be frightening, but also exciting and a learning experience!
From Arnold Glasow and Mark Twain to Peter Drucker and Zig Ziglar, speakers and authors have been writing and preaching about those times when the future will be different. Even that noted philosopher (and occasional New York Yankee catcher) Yogi Berra, in his book “I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said,” is quoted as saying, “Trouble with the future it ain’t what it used to be.” Will that be the new normal?
With our country and the world some five weeks (at this writing) without sporting events, we wonder what sporting events will look like when resumed? Will sports be held without spectators? And if spectators are allowed, will they have to sit 6-feet apart (social distancing)? Will the 2020 Olympics, now scheduled for postponement until 2021 in Tokyo actually occur then? One renowned Japanese person said it may not happen even in 2021.
Will those qualified Olympic athletes who have primed their peak performances to be at their best just 3 months from this writing be able to regroup their abilities 15 months away? What if you are one of those who have qualified for an Olympic event, yet in the coming year another athlete exceeds your mark/record, does that athlete replace you?
What about high school and college athletes in their senior/final year at their educational institution, do they remain or just move on and lose that year of competition? Ah, yes, the answers to these questions and many more must be addressed. That may be the new normal!
The TunneySide has always believed that we have solved unusual problems in the past. We will somehow find the best solutions for these as well. As my Speakers Roundtable colleague and author Dan Burrus has said, ”Leverage disruption of any kind by realigning your focus.”
Will you log-in your thoughts about these and other issues caused by this pandemic?
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