TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas said the college football season can be played safely this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.Atlas said this during his visit to Tallahassee with Gov.
Ron DeSantis on Monday.The White House COVID-19 advisor admitted he is a University of Illinois fan while acknowledging how sports play a large role in the nation’s economic engine and the community’s well-being.“I mean they are among the most fit people in the universe,” he said referring to college athletes. “They’re very low-risk people.”He noted a lot of cities depend on college football, saying they’ll take an economic hit as the Big Ten football conference and the PAC-12 decided not to have college football this.