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Medical expert Dr. Fauci doesn’t think football will happen this year

Well known medical expert Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn’t believe we will have football this year. There is a lot of uncertainty at this point.

The NCAA and NFL are gearing up for a football season but a known medical expert doesn’t think it will happen in 2020.

According to Jason Hoffman, Dr. Anthony Fauci says that “football may not happen this year.” With the Longhorns confirming that Texas has 13 COVID-19 cases and more than two dozen in self quarantine, that seems to make sense. However, sports leagues like the NFL are stating that they are gearing up for the season. The NFL released a statement in response to Fauci’s comments.

Dr. Aaron Sills is the NFL’s Chief Medical Officer. Here is his full response.

Dr. Fauci has identified the important health and safety issues we and the NFL Players Association, together with our joint medical advisors, are addressing to mitigate the health risk to players, coaches and other essential personnel. We are developing a comprehensive and rapid-result testing program and rigorous protocols that call for a shared responsibility from everyone inside our football ecosystem. This is based on the collective guidance of public health officials, including the White House task force, the DCD, infectious disease experts, and other sports leagues.

Make no mistake, this is no easy task. We will make adjustments as necessary to meet the public health environment as we prepare to play the 2020 season as scheduled with increased protocols and safety measures for all players, personnel and attendees. We will be flexible and adaptable in this environment to adjust to the virus as needed.

The NFL’s statement doesn’t necessarily apply to the Texas Longhorns but would should expect if they go forward, college football will follow suit. This is a very fluid situation that is constantly changing by the day. Many people in the Big 12 believe that they will kick off the season this year, but will they finish the year is another question altogether.

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes importance of testing as college athletics resume

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes vigorous testing needs as college sports return this fall. Read his opinions on the subject today.

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Earlier this week, the NCAA’s Division I Council approved voluntary athletic activities in men’s and women’s basketball and football, starting June 1.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discussed coronavirus testing requirements as on-campus activities resume in an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Fauci stressed the importance of detailed oversight and extensive COVID-19 testing while college athletes return to campus.

Here is Fauci on testing college athletes, per the Chronicle of Higher Education:

“The athletes that tend to come back the earliest are the football players,” he told The Chronicle. “That’s a very intensive contact sport. What I think would be important if they’re going to do that is to test all the players and make sure that when they do come in, they come in all negative at the same time and then do the same sort of surveillance of them and make sure the people who are associated with them — the people who serve their meals, the people who are involved in training with them — also are protected in the sense of wearing masks and doing social distancing to the extent possible.”

There is hope for college football and basketball this upcoming season. Fauci has provided the blueprint for the safest possible version of what we all want. Testing is clearly a necessity for the return of college sports.

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