Full speed somewhere

Well, now. That was a day, right?

First the Indiana High School Athletic Association announces its full speed ahead for high school sports in Indiana, that everything's going to start on time, that the Bastard Plague isn't going to hold up anything. So, yay.

Couple of hours later, Marion County announces whoa, wait a second, maybe the IHSAA didn't get the memo, but our schools will push back the start of football, soccer and volleyball to October.

Not long after that, major pushback from Marion County school officials forced some cornerback-quality backpedaling, and now Marion County health officials say they're going to study the data some more before pushing anything back.

So, there ya go. Life in Bastard Plague America, it's so much fun. And so confusing.

It's confusing because, truth be told, no one really knows what's going to happen when you put a bunch of kids out there breathing on each other in a couple of weeks. Maybe they'll be fine. Maybe they'll all infect each other, and then go home and infect mom and dad and grandpa and grandma.

Or maybe Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, the crazy lady Our Only Available Impeached Jealous President is trotting out there now as a medical expert, will astral project some magic Hydroxchlorowhatsis cookies to protect them all.

I don't know. Neither does anyone else.

And so here is the part where the Blob points out that while Indiana is charging full speed ahead, Michigan is putting football, volleyball and soccer on hold for the time being. And Illinois is moving all its fall sports to next spring.

Because, again, no one really knows anything. This is undiscovered country we're entering, and there is no GPS or any other navigational aid to show us the way.

So here in Indiana, they'll play. And just see what happens.

I can't say that sounds wise, given that Indiana is in the midst of a spike that has moved it into the top nine nationally in new novel coronavirus cases. But I also can't say if Marion County's original plan would make any difference, either.

So, here we are. And I'm sure my skittishness will be interpreted  by some to mean I want the IHSAA's decision to prove reckless in retrospect, that I want kids to get sick and to see the Bastard Plague make a fine hash of everything.

This is absurd, of course. It's especially absurd given how much I love high school football in particular and want to see it again as soon as possible, want to see those beacon lights from miles off every Friday night as the weather cools and fall comes on.

So I hope this works. As I continue to say through all of this, I hope they get away with it.

But like everyone else, I just don't know.