I saw one of the players interviewed who said that he would not want to risk visiting his grandmother and giving her the C virus. That indicated to me the panic that had flooded our country. Maybe he could have not visited his grandmother for a few weeks
Cancelling future tournaments which would have involved travel is understandable. Cancelling one where all the essential people are already there seems different to me.
Im convinced that most of these sports organizations were ready to implement a plan to hold their events with no spectators. That all changed when the NBA suspended its season after one of their PLAYERS tested positive and had to be quarantined.