Annual League Meeting
The Annual League Meeting — sometimes referred to as the Owner’s Meeting — is scheduled to be held at the end of the month. It’s a time where we’d learn about Tom Brady’s decision and its effect on the league from either his new team or his old team. It’s where we get that amazing picture of all the coaches in khaki shorts and Andy Reid in a Hawaiian shirt. It’s beautiful.
The League Meeting will probably go off without a hitch but it may not be covered as heavily by the press as it has been in recent years. Maybe the owners decide to ban all media members. After all, said media members will be coming in from all parts of the country and put on planes with a bunch of people who are traveling.
Most NFL owners fall into demographic categories that are more susceptible to greater health problems when infected with COVID-19. The disease is statistically worse for men, and people above 70 — although the numbers from China that show worse results for men could be from smoking — and that describes a bunch of owners and some coaches are close to 70 as well. They could practice social distancing in press conferences, but the owners may not want to take the chance.