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Fauci weighs-in re: NFL Season (or not)

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Football may not happen at all this year, Fauci warns(CNN) — The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are scheduled to kick off the 2020 regular season at home on September 10 against the Houston Texans. Players are due to NFL training camp on July 22 with the Hall of Fame Game taking place in Canton, Ohio, on August 6.

And the NCAA, which began to allow voluntary athletics activities in all Division I sports this month, on Wednesday approved a plan for summer athletic activities and preseason practice for the upcoming 2020 college football season, which is slated to get underway on August 29.

But should there be any football played this season amid the coronavirus pandemic?Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "Unless players are essentially in a bubble -- insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day -- it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall. If there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year."
On Monday, several Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans players tested positive for the coronavirus, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. None of the players were in the teams' facilities, and both teams followed proper health protocols, per the report.When asked how the positive tests impact the league planning in terms of beginning training camps and the upcoming season, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN on Monday, "We expect we are going to have positive tests. That is part of the increased testing that we will be going through and that is something that we just want to make sure that our protocols are working and to date. We are seeing very positive reactions in the sense that we are making sure we respond quickly, protect the personnel that may be impacted by that and others that may be in contact with them."

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"1VikesFan" said: I am starting to think that no season isn't that far-fetched.  Virus numbers are spiking in a number of states and many experts are saying wave two hasn't even arrived yet.  Hope I'm wrong because I love football but would not be shocked if we don't see it this fall.
I'm starting to worry about that possibility myself. 

We're seeing a lot of positive COVID cases in Florida because we are testing a lot more. The average age went down to 36 years old compared to over 60 a few months ago. People aren't wearing masks where they should be. Restaurants have live music and at night its a dance club, nobody doing any social distancing. 



we are going to be putting that herd immunity theory to test here right quick in this country.  if season changes affect severity of the effects,   and the body does develop and antibody preventing further infections... maybe summer would be a good time to just get it over with?   I am certainly taking some precautions,  but not nearly what some others are doing.

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Can't wait for live football. 

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@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"1VikesFan" said: I am starting to think that no season isn't that far-fetched.  Virus numbers are spiking in a number of states and many experts are saying wave two hasn't even arrived yet.  Hope I'm wrong because I love football but would not be shocked if we don't see it this fall.
I'm starting to worry about that possibility myself. 

We're seeing a lot of positive COVID cases in Florida because we are testing a lot more. The average age went down to 36 years old compared to over 60 a few months ago. People aren't wearing masks where they should be. Restaurants have live music and at night its a dance club, nobody doing any social distancing. 



we are going to be putting that herd immunity theory to test here right quick in this country.  if season changes affect severity of the effects,   and the body does develop and antibody preventing further infections... maybe summer would be a good time to just get it over with?   I am certainly taking some precautions,  but not nearly what some others are doing.


The herd immunity theory is built on a belief that once you get it, you wont get it again. 

That hasn't been proven to be true (or false) with Covid-19. Good news is they are finding anti-bodies in humans. 

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Well, there's going to be baseball...At least they're going to give it a shot for 60 games. No fans in the stands will be weird.

Seems like the only thing that could cut pro sports cash-flow out at the knees?  Was a Pandemic or War. Guess they're kinda the same. 

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I have predicted no 2020 NFL season for a while. The NBA and MLB will test the waters, but even if sports that have less contact than football can play, it doesn't prove the NFL can.
Honestly I think the NBA and MLB attempts will fail and be canceled before completion. Some players are going to test positive, and they will be held out. So how will you feel if luck craps on your team and 3 starters are held out while playing another team that has no one out? How about if some star players (the ones who may have millions in the bank to skip a season) decide they don't want to risk playing? Oddsmakers are going to hate this, too. Best case,the 2020 season will have a big asterisk next to it forever.

Then suppose some players get sick, or worse, die? Not only are fans going to be ticked (imagine losing a QB or star RB forever to this virus), but it's going to be a huge PR blow. Think about when 1 player like Korey Stringer or Sean Taylor dies - it's a major shadow over a season. Imagine if 10 died from Covid this year.

Another question is whether employers can be sued (successfully) by an employee who returns to work and contracts Covid. It's expected to be raised in court within the next month and people are waiting to see how it shakes out. NFL owners will have to decide if they mind being sued by players (or their survivors).

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Baseball just announced they are going with a 60 game schedule for 2020. 

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