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    Von Miller's agents say Broncos star has COVID-19

    Apr
    16
    4/16/2020 5:21:16 PM
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    One of the game's best pass rushers and a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, Denver Broncos defensive end Von Miller has a confirmed case of COVID-19, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports via Grant Gordon of NFL.com. This according to Miller's agents.

    Miller is expected to speak publicly Friday and the Broncos are aware of the situation, Rapoport added.

    The news comes a day removed from Rams offensive lineman Brian Allen becoming the first known NFL player to have tested positive for the new coronavirus.


    One of the NFL's most well-known talents and recognizable faces, 31-year-old Miller is an eight-time Pro Bowl selection with three All-Pro credits and 106 sacks in his decorated nine-year career.

    Saints coach Sean Payton announced last month that he had tested positive for the coronavirus before a follow-up announcement that he had recovered. The pandemic has also resulted in the NFL having closed all its team facilities and moved to a virtual 2020 NFL Draft from April 23-25.

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    This sounds encouraging


    NFL has discussed playing in empty or half-full stadiums

    Apr
    16
    4/16/2020 10:16:25 AM
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    While still publicly committed to kicking off its 2020 season in September to packed stadiums, the NFL has been contemplating contingencies that include a potentially shortened schedule, holding games in empty or partially filled stadiums, and moving or rescheduling games if necessary, Mark Maske and Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post report. This according to three people familiar with the league’s planning.

    That revelation came on the same day the notion of the cautious return of professional sports gained a significant scientific endorsement — to go along with the more emphatic one already coming from the White House. And it underscored how the nation’s sports leagues, including the NFL, can still see only the outline of a path forward as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues, with nobody ready to say when or how games can resume.

    “I don’t know if it’ll be a one-third-filled stadium, a half-filled stadium or whatever,” said one of the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details of the league’s planning had not been made public. “The NFL is planning for everything from playing without fans to playing in full stadiums. We know there will be a push from the [federal] government to open things up.”

    Wednesday saw the nation’s top infectious disease scientist give a public — but highly contingent — blessing to the return of sports. In an interview on Snapchat recorded the day before, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outlined a plan that could allow the NBA, NHL and MLB to resume play this summer. It would involve playing in empty stadiums, with players and other essential personnel kept in a protective “bubble” involving frequent testing and self-isolation.

    “There’s a way of doing that,” said Fauci, who has become the most well-known face of the U.S. scientific community’s battle against the virus. “Nobody comes to the stadium. Put [players and other personnel] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them very well-surveilled . . . have them tested like every week . . . and make sure they don’t wind up infecting each other or their family. And just let them play the season out. . . . If you could get on television, Major League Baseball, to start July 4 [even if] nobody comes to the stadium — you just, you do it.”

    Until Wednesday’s revelations, the NFL had appeared content to stick to its public stance of an undisturbed 2020 season while quietly considering other scenarios and allowing the other leagues — with seasons currently on hiatus — to show the way forward. But now even the NFL’s deliberations on readying for the possibility of a disruption to its schedule are coming into view.

    The person familiar with the NFL’s planning made the point that “the other leagues have to go first,” referring to MLB, the NBA and the NHL. The league could have to deal with ongoing lockdowns or stay-at-home orders in some states — with some local government officials already warning that a too-soon return of sports could have catastrophic ramifications.

    Another person with knowledge of the deliberations said the NFL is “obviously going to be looking at what the other leagues do” but said the contingency-planning so far has taken place at the league level without progressing to the decision-making stage involving the owners of the 32 teams. That person said it might eventually become necessary to consider moving games or adjusting the schedule if games cannot be played in certain cities at certain points during the season.

    “I would assume that’s something you’re going to have to look at,” that person said. “There’s no way of knowing which states will be open and which won’t. There’s no question we’re going to have to think it through and put different scenarios to the owners.”

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