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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he does not anticipate NFL games will be held in his state with fans in stadiums in September, when the season is slated to begin.
ESPN's Lindsey Thiry provided the response to a question from The Atlantic and CNN'sRonald Brownstein:
LindseyThiry @LindseyThiryCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom's full response when asked if he anticipated the NFL to open in August or September with full stadiums: https://t.co/5gpk76kfsH
Those remarks were a follow-up to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter, who tweeted that President Donald Trump told American professional sports league commissioners and executives in a Saturday conference call that he believed the NFL would begin as scheduled.