While NFLPA leadership was hosting a conference call with the media Friday morning, the NFL owners were busy in a meeting of their own to discuss safety preparations for the upcoming season.
After a “productive call,” the league is planning to go forward with the season as scheduled . . . as of now.
Brian McCarthy of the NFL’s public relations department tweeted the following statement following the meeting:
NFL clubs met today via videoconference and received an update on preparations for the 2020 season. We will continue to implement the health and safety protocols developed jointly with the NFLPA, and based on the advice of leading medical experts, including review by the CDC. We will address additional issues in a cooperative way. All decisions will be made in an effort to put us in position to play a full regular season and postseason culminating with the Super Bowl which is the shared goal of the clubs and the players.
We just wrapped up a productive call with the 32 clubs pic.twitter.com/sRn5Bnl33O
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) July 17, 2020
McCarthy did not provide any further details as to what the discussions entailed.
But for the 2020 season to actually kick-off, the NFL and the NFLPA still have to sort out a number of important issues, including how exactly to keep players safe throughout training camps and practices, the number of games that will be played throughout the preseason, and just how many players will be electing to opt-out of the year over concerns of the coronavirus.
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