secretions and this can further contribute to the environmental sarscov2 spreading particularly if the distancing recommendations are not strictly followeda separate new study from aarhus university in denmark looking at how much exposure players would have to a single infected player on the field showed that on average a player is positioned within an exposure zone for one minute and 28 seconds during a matchon tuesday the world players association which represents some 85000 athletes from different sports in over 60 countries said competitors should not be rushed back to actionat the moment there is a lot of pressure from the leagues on all continents to resume wpa executive director brendan schwab told reuters in an interviewthe players can only agree to that return if they know that their interests will be protected footballs global players union fifpro has also urged caution we need guidance and protocols on how to return in a healthy and safe manner football is a contact sport and we feel very high protection standards are required said fifpro secretary general jonas baerhoffmann