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President Donald Trump tells sports commissioners he hopes to have fans back in stadiums this fall

The sports world starting grinding to a halt on March 11th when the NBA suspended play following positive tests for the novel coronavirus, COVID 19. Other leagues followed suit allow and most of the world has shut down to some extent to deal with this pandemic.

The NFL has luckily been in the offseason, but there have already been significant changes made. The NFL draft will go on as scheduled April 23-25, but it will now be go virtual instead of the Las Vegas extravaganza that was planned.

Pre-draft visits and college pro days have been cancelled with some turning to video conferencing as replacements.