I don’t know of many people who don’t think having sports this fall will be difficult.

There are a lot of “what ifs” as well as many pieces to this puzzle in order for Fall sports to continue this fall.

When you take a moment to read the 12 page document from the SEC that goes over how individual Fall sports will conduct each game/competition, it can quickly become overwhelming.

The document also goes over the mask and testing protocols for fall sports, and it’s a very tricky situation, especially if a player were to test positive.

So it’s not too surprising to hear many players, coaches, and staff voice their concerns about this season, including NCAA president Mark Emmert.

During a Twitter interview with Emmert, NCAA chief medical officer, Brian Hainline, as well as Kentucky president Dr. Eli Capilouto, several concerns and comments were made about fall sports, and how hard this will be.

“This is going to be difficult, to say the least, going forward,” Emmert said.

Hainline quickly followed suit by saying, “I think we’re in a place that is exceptionally narrow. The boundaries are…there’s not a lot of places to move one way or the other. Almost everything would have to be perfectly aligned to continue moving forward.”

But, this doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

“We’re all really hopeful that can be done,” Emmert said. “Obviously, everybody wants to have kids back on campus. Everybody wants fall sports to return. But we can’t do it unless we can find a way to do it with minimized risk for these young people.”

It’ll come down to instilling the mindset in the players that they can control what happens, in a sense.

Reminding them of how they spend their time at night, after practice, and on weekends could affect whether or not there is a season this fall.

As Emmert puts it, it’s a difficult task, but one worth trying, ”

“One thing you know is that trying to control the leisure hours of college-age men and women is a challenge under any circumstances. So I think it’s going to be very difficult.

We’re hopeful that those things work. But we also know that there are going to be cases that occur. We know there will be outbreaks in some situations and that it becomes a matter of how quickly you respond, how quickly you can isolate the problem and quarantine individuals if you can continue to operate your campus.”

Probably the most encouraging, and equipping, quote of the entire interview came where Kentucky president Eli Capilouto said this:

 “Let’s not give up on this generation (of students). Someone told me this morning that in World War II, there were some British engineers who had an expression that says, ‘We can do it, whether it can be done or not.’ And I hope our students give us that kind of attitude.”