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Latest COVID-19 positives show failure in NFL’s handling of the virus

Six months.

That’s the headstart the NFL had on other major American professional sports leagues when the spread of COVID-19 shut down the NBA, NHL, and MLB back in March.

Not only did the NFL have the lead time to create a safe environment to hold the 2020 NFL season in during a global pandemic, it also had the added advantage of watching what the other major sports leagues did to help bring back their own leagues over the summer.

One would think, with all that time and the vast resources available to the NFL, the league would be able to create a detailed and exhaustive plan that would allow the 2020 NFL season to take place under conditions that would protect the health and safety of NFL players, coaches, and personnel, similar to what the NBA pulled off with its bubble in Walt Disney World.