This is purely unscientific (obviously), but I’ve noticed this season that the fans who are staying away seem to be the loudmouths who yell curses at the team and coaches at the top of their lungs. There have always been 1 or 2 of them near where I sit, and this year they are absent. There’s certainly been no shortage of things to be irritated about, so I’m chalking this up to the silver lining of COVID.