In an interview with CNN early Wednesday morning, Dr. Anthony Fauci proclaimed that the NFL will likely need to sequester teams and players—similar to what the NBA is doing—in order to successfully play a full season. Fauci has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and is a lead member of the White House task force against the coronavirus pandemic.
“Unless players are essentially in a bubble—insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day—it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall,” Fauci told CNN.