Earlier this month, the NFL released its 256-game schedule for the regular season, which is set to begin on September 10.
A similar arrangement would be logistically impossible for the NFL but while teams are expected to play at their regular stadiums, they will in all likelihood do so behind closed doors.owner Stephen Ross said he believed fans will be allowed into stadiums once the NFL season begins, despite the novel coronavirus pandemic.he said during an interview with CNBC
Before the NFL released its schedule earlier this month, league commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to the 32 franchises listing the protocols to reopen training facilities that have to be in place by May 15. The NFL is understood to be eager to get the wheels turning and will, in all likelihood, follow the example set by NHL and NBA. Both sports have given teams the green light to return to training, provided players do so in small groups to begin with.
While the NFL is ramping up plans to launch training camps later this summer, earlier this month Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , warned"Sweat as such won't transmit it," he was quoted as saying by NBC's Peter King in his Football Morning in America column."But if people are in such close contact as football players are on every single play, then that's the perfect set up for spreading.
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