That’s not what most of you want, but just getting on the field would be a pretty big victory at this point. If you try to overreach, you might sabotage the whole thing.

Look at what’s happened with Major League Baseball. Teams have been shut down for up to a week because of coronavirus cases. And MLB has a full testing protocol, something high school teams won’t have.

The fact that football was left off the list of high school sports that can start up on Sept. 21 should be no surprise to anyone. I suspect state officials will think very carefully before they play full contact sports.

We’re going to be dealing with this for quite a long time. The first vaccine isn’t expected until late this year or early next year. Then you have to manufacture the stuff, ship it and inoculate 300 million Americans. High school athletes won’t be near the top of the vaccine priority list.

We may be ducking and weaving the virus well into 2021.