One thing that’s especially frustrating is they already agreed to pay the pro-rated salaries knowing full well it was possible and even likely they would not be able to have fans in attendances.

Media should portray this as what it is: The owners backing out of an agreement. https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1260363191877545984

Here’s how the agreement was reported at the time, and as far as I can tell, this was never challenged.