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NCAA medical advisor compares COVID-19 situation to the Titanic, Jay Bilas reacts

Dr. Carlos Del Rio, one of the NCAA’s top medical advisors compared playing college football during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Titanic.

“We have a serious problem,” Del Rio said. “I feel like the Titanic…we have hit the iceberg and we’re trying to make decisions of when the band should play.”

Dr. Carlos Del Rio, one of the NCAA’s chief medical advisors, on whether he would go forward with fall sports: “We have a serious problem. I feel like the Titanic: we have hit the iceberg and we’re trying to make decisions of when the band should play.