The NFL moves to join NASCAR car racing, and a few other sports in starting back up after the virus restrictions closed them down…NFL football doesn’t start till September…
Chances of anytime playing to crowds are little to none for now…
The organisations will have to figure out how to test players and deal with those that might NOT want to come back and play so soon…
The same issue will confront those in the business and retail world also….
NFL teams were told in a memo from the league Friday that they can begin reopening their facilities next week.
The memo from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that teams can reopen their facilities beginning Tuesday if they are permitted to do so under state and local guidelines and are in compliance with the health and safety protocols previously outlined by the league. Coaches and most players are not permitted to be in the facilities during this initial phase of reopening.
“This first phase of reopening is an important step in demonstrating our ability to operate [safely] and effectively, even in the current environment,” Goodell wrote in the memo. “After we implement this first phase, and as more states and localities enact policies that allow more club facilities to reopen, I expect that additional staff, likely including coaching staff, will be allowed to return to club facilities in a relatively short time.”….
Image…Roger Goodell told NFL teams that they can begin reopening their facilities next week. (Brynn Anderson/AP, file)
Just musing now…
But exactly how is contact football that different from the meat packing plants where close proximity is blamed for causing thousands of infections and causing plants closures.
I really don’t see how this is going to work.
It Will be difficult….
But a LOT of money is involved….