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MARTIN SAMUEL COLUMN: Why there are still a million problems with football's return

Here is the problem with football's return. To make golf work, the PGA Tour are hopeful of securing a million tests for Covid-19.

And that's golf; one man and his caddie, plus a rules official and a scorer.

Without a crowd, a three-ball group amounts to six people down the fairway, plus a scattered broadcast unit.

There are a host of problems with football's return amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

In total, between 700 and 800 people are estimated to be needed on site at a tournament, but many will be spread over vast areas.

Even so, one million tests. Football, though, is a contact sport.