Donald Trump will speak with sports commissioners today.

We may be headed for some big news in regards to what will come of our beloved professional sports league's this afternoon as President Donald Trump is set to meet with the commissioners of of the United States' major sports leagues according to the White House's official schedule. Although there has been no official announcement regarding which commissioners that Trump will be speaking to on the call, it seems fair to suggest that Adam Silver of the National Basketball Association, Rob Manfred of Major League Baseball, Roger Goodell of the National Football League, Don Garber of Major League Soccer and Gary Bettman of the National Hockey League will all be present for the call with the President later today.

The reason for this call is also entirely unclear at this time although I suspect that given the current global situation it is unlikely that the President will have any good news to share with the league's commissioners. The National Hockey League has arguably been the league hardest hit by the current situation given that they were in the process of winding down their regular season and would have been set to kick off the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs this month, eventually crowning their champion for this current NHL season. Now there is serious doubt about whether or not the NHL will be able to crown a champion for the 2019 - 2020 NHL regular season at all, and this call will Donald Trump today could potentially end any hope of crowning a champion for this season.

Given that some NHL cities have banned public gatherings well into the month of June already it would be extremely difficult to resume playing meaningful games in any sport in the near future, and the thought of filling stadiums with tens of thousands of fans seems again feels like a very distant reality at this moment in time. Not to mention the simple fact that if any player were to test positive after the NHL resumed play, that player and his entire team, and likely their recent opponents as well, would have to be isolated once again and would likely force the league's to shutdown all over again.

We will be holding out hope for positive news from the President, however it might be wise to temper those expectations.