The National Football League is considering a league-wide policy that would allow "fan sound" to be played in stadiums, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The proposed initiative comes as many NFL team stadiums will not have fans in attendance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck said in June on SiriusXM that it was "pretty much a done deal" that the NFL would use artificial fan noise for broadcasts without fans.
Many professional sports leagues have opted to utilize fan sound in stadiums and arenas in the absence of fans, to mixed reviews.