This was always the risk. Always.
It was always the risk, and the NFL and top-level college football pushed ahead anyway, because they value money over the health and wellbeing of players, coaches, staff and the families of all of the above.
On Tuesday, the NFL announced that the Tennessee Titans have had eight members of the team — three players and five personnel — test positive for COVID-19. According to multiple reports, they are true positives, not potentially false positives.
This came hot on the heels of Notre Dame announcing that it now is up to 18 members of the football team who have tested positive.