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Trump wants NFL season to start on time, sports fans to return in August: report
The (NOLA) Times Picayune ^ | April 4, 2020 | Amie Just

Posted on 04/04/2020 12:28:43 PM PDT by abb

President Donald Trump told major league sports commissioners in a conference call that he believes the NFL season should start as scheduled in September, ESPN's Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Saturday.

On the call, Trump also said he wants fans back in sporting venues by August and September, according to the report. The August and September dates correspond with the kickoff to both college football and the NFL seasons.

Medical experts have not yet publicly said if that timeline is a viable one.

LSU football is supposed to open its 2020 season on Sept. 5 against UT San Antonio. The NFL's schedule has not yet been released, but the first Thursday Night game is scheduled to be played on Sept. 10.

According to a White House pool report, 12 major league commissioners were on the conference call with Trump, including NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, was notably not on the call.

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To: abb

The China Virus Bowl.

Refrigerator trucks in the parking lot.

Play on, Allstate, Aetna, UHC, BlueCross


41 posted on 04/04/2020 1:06:16 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: abb

Yes. I’m thinking by using the NFL, which the MSM can’t bash, this could be his opening gambit
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I just sent contact the Whitehouse something similar to:

Mr President,

Your optimism of MLB and NFL was spot on...Time to dare the modelers to prove you wrong...they have said they are unreliable...Time to open the economy and put aside our differences and be the U.S. and renew optimism and be the shining beacon on the hill!


42 posted on 04/04/2020 1:06:22 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Be still, and know that I am God...Psalm 46:10)
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To: abb

Way to go Trump, focus on the NFL but let them deny everyone hydroxychloroquine. Way to be on top of things


43 posted on 04/04/2020 1:07:30 PM PDT by GulfMan
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To: Varsity Flight

The refrigerator trucks are hype


44 posted on 04/04/2020 1:08:56 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What the world needs now is a Mahomes to Kelce TD.

Or Mahomes to Hill. Here's a fantastic breakdown of that 44 yard reception that blew the wheels right off of the 49ers game in the Super Bowl - Fly like a butterfly, sting like a wasp

45 posted on 04/04/2020 1:09:24 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: GulfMan

Since July 2019.


46 posted on 04/04/2020 1:09:35 PM PDT by abb
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To: PGR88

Nailed it. As for the comment about what the “medical experts” will have to say? I am quite sure the President can round up plenty of them to take his side and allowing America back to doing what we do best which is anything we choose to do.

Make the call Mr President there are more people than you can know who will back you. Just suggest those 65 and over maintain quarantine until this thing is mostly over and tell the rest of us to let it rip!


47 posted on 04/04/2020 1:11:32 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: gasport

???


48 posted on 04/04/2020 1:11:38 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Jim Noble

Really? The President is free to express his thoughts and provide his reasoning for ending this scam. How will it play politically? Who knows but he has my vote either way.

I seriously doubt in the face of what we know about this China virus it is even close to being legal to force people to stay in their homes.


49 posted on 04/04/2020 1:15:35 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Jim Noble

“It doesn’t matter what the President wants”

LOL, oh my, still clutching those pearls are we?

BTW, there are few things the President can’t do....very few indeed and some say he can do anythuing. He can certainly end this lock down for sure with a few words.


50 posted on 04/04/2020 1:19:26 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Impy; BenLurkin; Bender2

Thank You Mr. President!


51 posted on 04/04/2020 1:20:01 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Me and my homies woulda been stackin' bodies by now- G. Washington.)
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To: conservative98

I have another name for Dr. Fauci....but, I won’t print it


52 posted on 04/04/2020 1:33:55 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Trump is as good a dictator as he is a racist.....)
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To: GulfMan

Seems you spoke too soon...he’s talking about the hydroxychloroquine right now


53 posted on 04/04/2020 1:35:33 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Trump is as good a dictator as he is a racist.....)
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To: Miss Didi

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/its-time-for-the-virtual-minyan/


54 posted on 04/04/2020 1:36:29 PM PDT by gasport (Pray for the people of Captive China)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Plus the trend to not allow starters at most positions to play at all in the preseason (or barely play). I’m an eagles fan and seems every year for the past five or so we are sitting at 2-4 at mid October and fighting for our lives the rest of the season because the team stunk on ice in September. Even the Patriots are laying eggs most Septembers, prompting the inevitable ‘is this the end for them?’ articles. Then they get to play the Bills, Dolphins, and Jets in October and all is well.


55 posted on 04/04/2020 1:37:11 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: billyboy15

My point is, the virus is going to do what it’s going to do.

What Trump wants, or what you want, or what I want, isn’t part of the story.


56 posted on 04/04/2020 1:47:12 PM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: Varsity Flight

The China Virus Bowl.

Refrigerator trucks in the parking lot.

Play on, Allstate, Aetna, UHC, BlueCross


“And the ventilator section is full, tonight, Bob...”


57 posted on 04/04/2020 1:47:23 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: abb

Removal of masks, gloves, and other symbols of panic should be mandatory before entering stadium. The sheeple won’t like it, but they can stay home.


58 posted on 04/04/2020 1:48:04 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: abb

I thought Trump hated the National Felons League? If I never see another NFL game in my life that’s fine by me.


59 posted on 04/04/2020 1:51:01 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: FormerFRLurker

I think he’s using them. As the MSM/Dems love the NFL and the players, Trump knows this is the path to getting us up and running. Plus most of the newspapers had to lay off their sportwriters, and the networks NEED the revenue.


60 posted on 04/04/2020 1:53:08 PM PDT by abb
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