Actually anyone can catch this thing. It's the morbidity rate that soars in older or more susceptible people. Of course the players will want to protect themselves as they should. They do play a risky sport with a lot of violent contact already but they should be protected as much as possible from additional risk. I think some sort of full shield should work. The best way to protect them is by covering their faces. Now, the trick is making them not steam up so they can see and it seems their working on that. If they can protect the players through better equipment and testing then the season can be played.
