{"id":894,"date":"2020-06-19T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2020-06-19T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:27:31","slug":"dr-fauci-predicts-the-nfl-season-may-not-happen-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fauci Predicts the NFL Season &#8220;May Not Happen This Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re coming up on the fourth week of June, and there&#8217;s still no SOLID indication that most professional sports are on track to resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBA is the closest . . . with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-nba-is-coming-back-dates-locations-and-how-to-watch-basketballs-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plan<\/a> to resume play on July 30th, where players are protected from the outside world inside a &#8220;bubble&#8221; in Orlando . . . but even that has some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/29320883\/inside-nba-100-page-safety-plan-big-questions-key-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hurdles<\/a> before it&#8217;s a sure thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the White House&#8217;s coronavirus expert <strong>DR. ANTHONY FAUCI<\/strong> is saying that the NFL season might not happen . . . UNLESS it does the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, quote, &#8220;Unless players are essentially in a bubble . . . insulated from the community and they&#8217;re tested nearly every day . . . it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NFL is insisting that it will start its regular season as scheduled on September 10th . . . but the virus isn&#8217;t showing any signs of slowing.&nbsp; In fact, Florida, where the NBA is scheduled to play, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/18\/us\/us-coronavirus-thursday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quickly becoming<\/a> the latest COVID-19 epicenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>(Here&#8217;s a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tv_TWaRgeH8\" target=\"_blank\">video report<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Fauci warns \u2018football may not happen this year\u2019\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tv_TWaRgeH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re coming up on the fourth week of June, and there&#8217;s still no SOLID indication that most professional sports are on track to resume. The NBA is the closest . . . with a plan to resume play on July 30th, where players are protected from the outside world inside a &#8220;bubble&#8221; in Orlando . 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