For Some Reason the NHL Has Announced a Pause to Their Season

The NHL announced on Twitter on Tuesday night that the season was being put on pause due to a rise in positive COVID-19 cases in the league.  The pause will be in effect until December 26th when players are to report back to their teams for testing.

The @NHL and @NHLPA have agreed to begin the Holiday Break after Tuesday’s games. Practices will resume on Dec. 26 and the League’s regular-season schedule will resume on Dec. 27. https://t.co/0Bmu8dlZ1M pic.twitter.com/JHbxtzMX6D

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 21, 2021

This is supposed to be a league filled with the toughest athletes in the world?  The NHL is sending their players home to gather indoors with their families.  Smart, especially considering this is a virus that spreads primarily in....oh wait a minute....

Let's hope the rest of the professional sports leagues don't follow the NHL's idiotic lead.  There's no reason for pauses or suspensions of play.