NFLPA wants players tested daily for virus when camps open. MORE:
“We believe daily testing is important, especially given some of these hot spots,” NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said Friday, referring to states with increasing numbers of coronavirus cases. “We don’t right now plan on changing that position.”
If the league and union fail to reach an agreement, the NFL can implement its proposed rules, according to the CBA. The NFLPA could file a grievance to argue the league isn’t providing a safe work environment under rules of the collective bargaining agreement. “To engage in two games where players would be flying all over the country and then engaging with each other to work, and to do that prior to the season, doesn’t increase the likelihood of starting and finishing the season on time,” Smith said.“I think we should play those two games,” Philadelphia defensive backtold The Associated Press. “We need to know how everything is going to work on game day.
Another unanswered question is how many positive tests for coronavirus would force a team to shut down. “This isn’t a normal year so we’ve always done it this way is not going to work this year,” Tretter said. “The idea that this is just going to go away with the snap of a finger and you don’t have to change, it’s wrong. ...
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