A lawsuit by Ruth Shalit Barrett centers on the magazine’s retraction of her article in 2020 about wealthy parents seeking Ivy League admissions for their children through sports.
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It’s been a long, tough stretch as we transition into the new year. While club and tournament play continued through the fall, nimbly moving from practice fields to event venues in pockets of the country that allowed play, infection rates soared again and the sport’s core may well remain in a state of suspended animation at least until the cold weather breaks.
The forced disruption of play, while painful in many ways, should also invite a disruption of thought. While it may be more comforting to wait impatiently for a return to the way things were, that is unlikely to occur, nor should it if our ultimate goal is to leave the sport better than how we found it for the next generation of players.