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Micah Weinstock IHSS Mr. Roddy 27 February 2020 Sports And Economics Article Sports have always been important in the American heart and mind. Suddenly, there is a pandemic of proportions to cause a shutdown of most sports worldwide as well as most people living in a “quarantine”. Now there are not only questions as to when will these sports open up, but additionally, when they do, will there even be people in the stadium? I wanted to get a better grip on what the future holds for all sports worldwide, in addition to the financials of that. I spoke to two men, Stan Fischler and Seth Wolfish, regarding this topic. Stan has been working in journalism for over 65 years. He even won a Lester Patrick Trophy. Stan was hesitant to give an answer on a few matters because it was all speculation. When asked, “When do you think hockey will return?”, he responded, “There’s absolutely no way of figuring it out, because of the health variables. There is [ sic ]...