Dr. Anthony Fauci supported the NBA's restart plan, calling the league's bubble framework with 22 teams in Orlando "quite creative" and suggesting it could serve as a blueprint for other professional sports leagues to follow.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the plan considers safety as a priority and that has led to his stamp of approval – noting the NBA is not being "reckless."
His comments come as reports have surfaced about concerns for the restart to the 2019-20 season, with several NBA players expressing concerns committing to the league's July 31 restart date, debating its safety measures and the overall best interest of players.
"I think they might very well be quite successful with it," Fauci told Stadium. "They really wanted to make sure that the safety of the players was paramount.
"I actually have looked at that plan. ... What they are really trying to do is to create a situation where it is as safe as it possibly could be for the players by creating this bubble. Essentially testing everybody, make sure that you start with a baseline of everybody being negative and trying to make sure that there is no influx into that cohort of individuals and do a tournament-type play."
Fauci has been a leading expert on COVID-19 and has been a consultant in the sports world. He teamed up with Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to discuss the seriousness of the coronavirus as quarantining measures began back in March.
The NBA plans to bring 22 teams to play at Disney World in Orlando, quarantine everyone involved and then play eight regular-season games before the playoffs. The league's plan has yet to be approved by the National Basketball Players Association.
NBPA vice president Kyrie Irving hosted a call Friday night to discuss pros and cons of the revamped season. One notion of the discussion with players centered on social activism in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, which has prompted national protests. The players are uncertain whether playing will be more of a distraction or have the power to heal a sports-starved audience.
“It’s not the classic basketball season, but certainly for the people who are thirsting for basketball (and) who love basketball the way I do, it’s something that I think is a sound plan," Fauci said. "I was very pleased to see that the intent was not reckless at all. They really wanted to make sure that the safety of the players and the people associated with the players was paramount. So I think that you might be able to do something like that with basketball. Could you extrapolate that to some of the other sports possibly? I think they should look at that model, see how it works, and then take it from there. Maybe modifications of that for some of the other sports.”
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