'Perhaps the most significant factor in whether sports can resume is a government’s response to the pandemic,' writes Nancy Armour for usatodaysports.
In Germany, for example, within two weeks of the Bundesliga shutting down, the country was conducting some 500,000 tests a week. That meant when the league resumed play, it could be confident in getting quick results and that it was not taking tests away from the rest of the country.
Since the Premier League resumed in mid-June, at least 1,800 tests have been done each week. As of July 12, there had been three positive tests, and no canceled games. “We worked very hard, shoulder to shoulder with the government, to make this possible,” La Liga president Javier Tebas told Sports Illustrated last month.
Meanwhile, whatever hesitancy European players might have shown in the early games quickly disappeared. They’re playing full speed, and making full contact. They’re even high-fiving each other and having communal goal celebrations.
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