new york the nfl campaign and an abbreviated baseball season may be possible if games are played without fans and players are kept in lockdown us president donald trumps leading infectious disease adviser said on wednesdayit has been a little over a month since the nba season was abruptly halted amid the novel coronavirus outbreak with most professional sports following suit leaving arenas and stadiums empty amid speculation over when live sport can returntheres a way of doing that nobody comes to the stadium put them the players in big hotels wherever you want to play keep them very well surveilled anthony fauci the leading us health expert said in a snapchat interviewmake sure they dont wind up infecting each other or their family and just let them play the season outfauci who appeared last month in an instagram live interview with golden state warriors sharpshooter steph curry said he would recommend that athletes should be tested roughly once a week after resuming playthe prospect of sports going ahead without fans has met with some criticism major league baseball recently damped down talk it would return as soon as may with players competing in an isolation bubblelast month before professional sport was suspended 16time nba allstar lebron james called the notion of playing without fans impossiblepeople say well you know you cant play without spectators said fauci well i think you probably get enough buyin from people who are dying to see a baseball game particularly meim living in washington we have the world champion washington nationals i want to see them play againthe nfl regular season is due to kick off on sept 10 but there is no date for the mlb to start or for the nba and nhl to resume major league soccer said on tuesday its projection to return in midmay was extremely unlikely