The 2020 NFL football season has been as impacted as any business in the United States thanks to the coronavirus.
The San Francisco 49ers will relocate to Arizona for the next three weeks because its home county, Santa Clara County in California, has banned contact sports in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Arizona has no significant coronavirus protocols in place even through the state is experiencing record highs in its seven-day moving average of new cases.
According to the Associated Press, the 49ers will host two games at State Farm Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals: a game against the Buffalo Bills next Monday and a December 13th game against Washington.
The Baltimore Ravens game against the Pittsburgh Steelers has been rescheduled three times, from Thanksgiving night, to Monday, to Tuesday and now scheduled for Wednesday, reports CBS Sports. It will be played at 3:40 p.m. E.T.
The Ravens game the following week, against the Dallas Cowboys originally scheduled for Sunday, has been rescheduled for Monday evening. The Steelers’ Sunday game against Washington will also be played Monday.
The Ravens have been hit with an outbreak of coronavirus, with more than 20 players testing positive. The outbreak was tracked to a strength and conditioning coach who routinely ignored coronavirus protocols, exposing the players he was working with.