The NFL is at a tenuous stage in maintaining a best-case scenario for the play of the 2020 season. The league has been the least-affected Big 4 professional league in North America due to the actual season played in the fall, but that does not mean the 2020 season will be unaffected.

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For the NFL, one report indicates frequent tests for COVID-19, the coronavirus-caused pandemic afflicting the United States and nearly every country, could be administered for players every three days, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler:

On a call including executive director DeMaurice Smith, president J.C. Tretter and medical director Thom Mayer, the union said players could be tested roughly every three days for the virus and isolated if testing positive, according to a source on the call.

In a call with the players' union, the NFLPA, the players' association executive director DeMaurice Smith along with player rep president J.C. Tretter outlined with medical director Thom Meyer how COVID-19 will impact league revenue and the health and well-being of players. Ultimately, though, the union has been pushing for standardized health protocols to mitigate the damage of COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of over 100,000 U.S. residents already and appears to be spiking again in several states.

Just today, it was revealed Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott was diagnosed with coronavirus, something the former Ohio State Buckeyes rusher implied was a HIPAA violation in a tweet.

Other players and coaches, both identifiable and unknown, had and have been stricken with coronavirus. Still, if the NFL plans on playing out the 2020 season, the health and regular testing of individuals on the field are going to have to be paramount to continue.