Will Omicron drive America’s sports leagues to their knees?

The new Covid variant has introduced the real possibility that the NFL season will be completed under unsatisfactory circumstances

An hour before kickoff Tuesday, a pair of seats under cover at rainy Lincoln Financial Field for the Philadelphia Eagles' must-win NFL game against Washington could be snapped up on Ticketmaster.com for $50 each. That is a savings of 75%, sports fans.

Someone bought those tickets for $190 each some months ago in the hopes of sitting in them, or selling them for even more money, but the coronavirus wrecks a lot of plans now. The game was postponed for two days after the virus hit the Washington roster especially hard.