re: What's More Important?

As you noted above, football IS religion to some people. I am one of them, I would know.

I would absolutely prefer the stadiums packed, above all, the players themselves deserve that experience (they didn't train for decades to play in an empty stadium). But, my love for the game does not demand bystanders present, as long as the band is there. They can pipe in crowd noise, it's just noise. Piped in music is garbage, that needs to done on the field with instruments.

The fans are nice, but during these times, I would understand why the stands would be empty. I will remember this season in a weird, ugly way, but I'll still be grateful and happy to watch the games with just the teams, staff and officials ( and the TV broadcast crews ).

I'm not sure about the cheerleaders. They can social distance and still be hot, but without a live audience to lead they'll need to get creative. They are smart and resourceful people. I'm confident they'll figure out a good way to contribute to the broadcast.