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The NFL is prepping to play their 2020 regular season with fans in the stands. But let’s face it, the world we live in today leaves a lot of questions that need answering.
In regard to pro sports, that’s the biggest one. Will fans be able to attend games and when can sports start again?
Everyone around the league has given their take on the issue, and now Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott joined them. On the What’s next? Podcast with Eric Wood, McDermott said he knows everyone would enjoy fans being there, but if it’s deemed necessary to not have them at games, his team will handle it well.
“Let’s face it, from the time we’re just 6, 7, 8, 9 years old and we first start playing football, it was always nice to have the sideline packed, right?” McDermott said. “And then you take that to junior high into high school to college, and now to the NFL. That’s a big part of the environment and the atmosphere, in particular in Buffalo, for us. So it’ll be a challenge, it’ll be different, but I also know this: I know that we’ll adjust.”
Currently the Bills and many other teams are conducting “virtual” spring practices. Video calls. McDermott said there’s usually a team meeting every day or every couple, then there will be smaller, positional meetings.
It’s currently unknown when or where the Bills will finally be able to have an in-person meeting with their team. New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo deemed it acceptable for professional sports teams to being meeting within certain protocols, but the Bills are waiting for the rest of the NFL to all get on the same page since things are currently a state-by-state basis. According to a recent report, the big domino that needs to still fall is California, but there’s a sense of optimism that the NFL could begin getting teams together in June.
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