NFL season won't start 'If one player is positive' for coronavirus, chief medical officer says

The NFL regular season is due to kick off on September 10, but Dr. Allen Sills admitted the league may have to make a decision in the coming months.

has postponed the season indefinitely, football has so far been the only major sporting event in the U.S. that has been largely unaffected by the pandemic. The NFL will hold the draft remotely later this month as opposed to having its planned extravaganza in Las Vegas, but with the regular season still five months away the league is confident it will avoid the fate met by its counterparts.

"We will make those decisions in consultation with our experts at the time," he explained."That decision will not be made in isolation. The NFL will not be charting a course different than other professional sports, other parts of society—college sports, universities, businesses."., by far the highest tally in the world.

Sills' comments came only two days after the NFL's general counsel, Jeff Pash, insisted the"expectation" was to kick off the season as planned in September.

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