Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said spectator sports in the U.S. can return this year if fans are not allowed into the stadiums and teams are kept quarantined to avoid risking the spread of COVID-19.
In an interview hosted on Snapchat, Fauci was asked about the possibility of baseball beginning its delayed season this summer and college football and the NFL starting on time in August and September.
“There’s a way of doing that,” Fauci said. “Nobody comes to the stadium. Put them in big hotels, wherever you want to play.