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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 20, 2020, 03:48 PM Jul 2020

A fall without football a real possibility because of COVID-19 as NFL players, others raise question

For the prospect of football being played this fall, Monday is noteworthy.

Rookies are expected to report for training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, the teams set to play each other Sept. 10 in the NFL’s scheduled season opener.

NFL rookies for the league’s other 30 teams are expected to report Tuesday. Veterans are set to arrive at training camps July 28 as the league moves forward with its plan to play the 2020 season during the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’ve never wavered from that," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told USA TODAY Sports. “It would be news if we said we aren’t playing the season. But we’ve never come close to saying that."

Yet as COVID-19 cases spike to unprecedented levels in the United States, the possibility of fall without football is more than a notion.

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A fall without football a real possibility because of COVID-19 as NFL players, others raise question (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
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