Dr. Allen Sills: NFL Working On ‘Very Ambitious’ Testing Program For Players

The NFL and NFLPA met extensively yesterday (virtually of course) to discuss the pertinent issues surrounding the league today. Needless to say, one of the central topics concerned the league’s protocols for return to play, and how teams would manage their facilities and their players to mitigate the risk of spreading the coronavirus.

According to Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, a fundamental part of that plan will be a “very ambitious” testing program, though there were not further details revealed about what that would look like. He also warned that it does not eliminate risk.

“Testing alone is not going to be sufficient to keep everyone healthy”, he acknowledged. “This…