Dr. Fauci approves crowd-free return of professional sports

The ball is rolling, how soon until we can see the NHL back in action?

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Dr. Fauci approves crowd-free return of professional sports
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In case you missed the news yesterday, American president Donald Trump conducted a phone meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and other professional sports executives today with the goal of reaching a consensus on the resumption of the season.

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Now, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious diseases expert and one of the faces of the United States' fight against COVID-19, says that professional sports could return this summer without fans in attendance and by keeping players in hotels.

"There's a way of doing that," Fauci told Snapchat's Peter Hamby as part of a weeklong interview series. "Nobody comes to the stadium. Put [the players] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them very well surveilled. ... Have them tested every single week and make sure they don't wind up infecting each other or their family, and just let them play the season out."

Bettman has suggested that the NHL could play "well into the summer" in order to get the 2019-20 season completed and have even planned for delaying the 2020-21 season if necessary.

Source: ESPN