How likely to see NFL

[AussieBengal]

(07-20-2020, 08:34 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: I don’t know how they’re going to pull it off. It has gotten crazy here in GA. I expect things will get worse after school begins. And continue to worsen with the start of flu season.

If one person on the team tests positive they should be out a minimum of 10 days if the NFL adopts the return to play protocol based upon symptoms. Possibly longer if the adopt the return to play protocol based upon repeat testing. Anyone within 6 feet of someone who tested positive for more than 10 minutes is considered a significant exposure and they should self isolate to stop the spread. That could take out an entire position group for 1-2 games.

Look at what happened to Whitworth’s family as an example.

Over here, we went into a mini preseason before we restarted our competition. At the start of that players were limited to who they could train with to minimise exposure. Looking at what happened over here, our first competition that restarted set targets to meet on the road to restarting and gradually ticked those off. When we first announced we were restarting on July 28th everyone said it was impossible, but as I have said previously our sporting organisations got on the front foot and led the country in setting up protocols and biosecurity measures. This is what I'd like to see the NFL do, in saying that, our players were complaining days out from training resuming that they hadn't seen the plans either. These things are complicated and take time. 

Not only would the NFL be looking at biosecurity measures, they may also be looking at a change in structure to the season, less games, shorter games, rejigging broadcast arrangements, what to do with crowds. These were all decisions that sport over here made and they are big and time consuming decisions to make, and involve consultation with many different partners including players associations, numerous broadcast partners, the teams, government and venues. Though it seems the NFL is leaving a lot of decisions to the teams themselves which is disappointing.