Not everyone has to adhere to "social distancing", there are plenty of exceptions, basically anyone providing an "essential service" which includes people like supermarket workers, plus the obvious, doctors nurses, firefighters, police officers, etc etc. Plus a lot of not so obvious such as workers on building sites, NBN service techs etc etc. The NSW Government has received advice from the psychology experts in the Health Department that live sport is very important relieve the genpop stresses associated with the "stay at home policy". Hence why League (and other sports) have been exempted, there will be more announcements as the new C-19 cases continue to reduce.
There are a lot of detailed conditions associated with the season restart, that's what they have to work through in the next 6 weeks. It's far from a back to normal NRL training, games, socialising, family parties, nights out with the boys scenario. There are strict conditions and health checks to be put in place. For example if players are allowed to return after games to their families then the family unit has to self isolate, as it does now. Players themselves are to be very closely monitored, with regular checks.
As usual the problem is we don't know what we don't know, but there will be a lot more information released over the coming weeks.
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