And the games were still on the schedule, so decisions had to be made.
Decisions were made concerning these games last week, and in a country suddenly united by grief and fear and anger, these decisions represented a rare point of argument. Tuesday’s games were cancelled almost everywhere, but the question of when to begin playing again loomed large.
Many leagues, schools and conferences postponed all of their games indefinitely, without feeling compelled to spell out their reasons. Who needed explanation?
But that decision was anything but unanimous. Early on, Harvard adopted a policy in which individual teams would decide whether or not they felt comfortable playing on—provided that the opponents were still available.
“A lot of factors go into whether you’re comfortable with something like this,” assistant athletic director for media relations John Veneziano told me last Wednesday. “Different kids have different takes. Some feel that it’s best to pause, but others might feel that a contest is the best way to regain normalcy in their lives. We decided not to make a blanket decision.”
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