TUESDAY COMMENTARY – I GET IT

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

WE ARE RIGHT BACK THERE.

WELL, WE AS A SPORTING COMMUNITY ARE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE IN THE SUMMERTIME. AND TO BE FRANK, SO ARE YOU.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS DESPITE SOME GLIMMERS OF HOPE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RETURN TO PLAY FOR SOME OF OUR LEAGUES, THEY’VE BEEN DASHED WITHIN THE PAST WEEK.

YES THE BIG LEAGUES ARE PLAYING AND TO BE HONEST, WE SHOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WITH UNLIMITED RESOURCES, THEY’VE FOUND A WAY TO BEND THE CORONAVIRUS AND FOR THAT THEY SHOULD BE APPLAUDED.

THANKFULLY IT’S GIVEN US SOMETHING TO DO AND MENTAL STIMULATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS EXERCISE.

BUT WHAT HASN’T CHANGED IS YOU DON’T KNOW WHO TO TRUST WITH INFORMATION. I HAVE MY OWN TRUSTED NEWS SOURCES AND JUST THIS MORNING THE CANADIAN PRESS REPORTED WE MIGHT SOON BE BACK AT SQUARE ONE DUE TO COVID VIRUS MUTATIONS.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ERADICATE THE VIRUS OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS AND THESE MUTATIONS THREATEN TO UNDO THE WORK THAT’S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

COULD YOU IMAGINE LOSING YOUR BUSINESS, HOME, CAREER OR A LOVED ONE OVER SEEMINGLY NOTHING?

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT SPORTS AREN’T LIFE AND DEATH. I REALIZED THAT AROUND THREE YEARS AGO. SO TO MOST WHETHER THE CFL COMES BACK OR NOT JUST ISN’T THAT BIG OF A DEAL. I GET IT.

BUT I’M NOT SURE ABOUT DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR FRIENDS, HOWEVER MINE ARE WONDERING WHEN THE GOVERNMENT AND HEALTH OFFICIALS THROW UP THEIR HANDS AND RAISE THE WHITE FLAG?

THEN YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING YOURSELF, RATHER THAN BIG BROTHER.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.