The latest on college sports is that they won’t be back til everybody’s back.

When will that be?

Maybe September?

Maybe October?

Maybe 2021?

I know. It’s frustrating.

I share your pain.

But look at it this way:

1. The Gamecocks will be spared another humiliating season under the current head coach, a nice guy but an over-paid loser.

2. Clemson Tigers’ stars will be spared season-ending injuries and go on to make millions in the NFL.

3. Behind every tragedy there’s a bright spot.

What you just read is that bright spot. You’re welcome.

Chinese Christmas

When the Chinese Commies sent us a little gift called corona virus, the big brains at our universities put their lectures online, cleaned out the dorms and sent everybody home, whether Mom and Dad wanted them there or not.

The NCAA brainiacs only canceled college sports after most students were gone.

Now the Carolina, Clemson and all other college athletic officials between here and the Pacific Ocean are shaking in their Nikes about all that football revenue they are about to lose.

Get this: They are desperate to get their unpaid players back in the weight rooms and on the field.

But here’s grim reality.

With university closings through the end of August, it looks like college sports is a cooked goose until all the little darlings are back in the dorms smoking pot.

Money, honey

Why is this a big deal? It’s money, my friend.

Football rakes in so much money that the other college sports can live off it.

It pays exorbitant salaries to coaches and athletic directors to make big time college football work.

The labor – the unpaid athletes – get zilch.

Well ... maybe they get an education or are at least exposed to it. And if they are among the talented and miraculously motivated few, they may make it to the NFL where they will get their brains beat out weekly for millions of dollars they can leave their children, their wives and husbands #2.

Health researchers suggest colleges make athletes their guinea pigs, bringing them back in small numbers as a dry run before other students return.

This would give colleges a chance to test themselves before they have an influx of thousands of students.”

That notion was deflated when Vice President Mike Pence asked NCAA Division I commissioners and College Football Playoff leaders what it would take for football to resume.

Their message was clear.

Until universities feel it’s safe for all students to return, athletes should not be brought back either.

What’s your opinion? Email me at Chroniclesports@yahoo.com