After 15 months of this, it\u2019s all clear now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of the pandemic of the century, mental health is everything. This goes for both the general public and the sports world. Yet the former maintains that athletes have a duty to entertain them, ease their overstressed minds and impose a sense of normalcy to their confined, disrupted lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The athletes, though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their mental health means nothing because their lone reason for existence is to safeguard the public\u2019s mental health. The public\u2019s mental health is their everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naomi Osaka<\/a>\u2019s current plight is just the most obvious example. But over the last month, more were added to the list. Kyrie Irving, Trae Young, Russell Westbrook, Ja Morant and his family<\/a>, Dillon Brooks and now Simone Manuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n