Letter from the Editor: Lessons Learned

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Drew Pittman, associate director of event management and facilities at Baylor University, remarked during a recent interview (Page 20) how quickly the athletics industry has adapted to the current pandemic. Facilities and event operators are developing and implementing protocols that very well may be permanent and make for a safer experience for fans and athletes alike. "Recovery starts just as soon as a response is initiated," Pittman told me, and it struck me that whether or not sports are canceled this Fall, we can all take solace in the fact that we have indeed entered recovery mode.

The past few issues of Athletic Business have been assembled and delivered in an environment of uncertainty. This one is really no different, coming as schools deliberate over how best to proceed with instruction, and fall sports at the high school and college levels are perilously close to being postponed or canceled altogether.

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