Get a grip folks..
"These statistics on counted deaths suggest that
the number of COVID-19 deaths for the week ending April 21 was 9.5-fold to 44.1-fold greater than the peak week of counted influenza deaths during the past 7 influenza seasons in the US, with a 20.5-fold mean increase (95% CI, 16.3-27.7)."
Now, while Covid-19 is proven to be 20+ times the fatality rate of the seasonal flu, I still agree that if entire student populations of universities are going to be back on campus, there are going to be decidedly higher transmissions of this virus in that group of 20,000 - 65,000 students (depending on the University) than in a group of 150 football players.
If the students were going to attend classes virtually, I could see not playing football, but if the country is essentially throwing caution to the wind and bringing students back to campus, it makes no sense not allowing fall sports.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2766121