Well some players can afford to not play the season and wait till next year. Way too many live paycheck to paycheck though. Rookies are kinda screwed too. No playing time, and no incoming salary. Feel bad for the next group of college players too. If there is no college season, how do you have a draft? No late risers, like a Joe Burrow or Kyler Murry to show what they have.

There is too much money on the line, and I’m sure these guys have to feel secure knowing that the NFL will make sure they are safe as possible with healthcare regular people can only dream of. Not to mention the importance of staying in shape there’s only so much running and weight lifting you can do there’s nothing like football shape and that’s been proven

I 💯 agree with all of that. It absolutely sucks, and the kids are the ones who are going to be the most screwed. Jim Irsay sent a notice out to season ticket holders today explaining how seating, vending, accommodations etc, will be handled for the coming season. The thing is, it's going to be so exponentially worse than it is now, I don't know if Jim even comprehends it. I love the guy, but I still don't see any way of it happening unless the owners just say "fuck it...hope nobody dies" and the players go along with that. Not to mention that some parts of the country have done significantly better than others in trying to handle the virus. I live in the south. We've done a terrible job, and half the people where I live (mostly intelligent Huntsville, AL) still don't take any precautions. How would a team from a place that has done well feel safe coming down here to play? And I'm in Huntsville! God help you if you have to play anywhere in Florida, Texas, Arizona, etc. If I were a vested veteran who had already made my NFL money, I'd rather sit out or retire rather than risk my and my family's life. So, yeah, the kids will suffer the most. So will the kids (and teachers) who will be forced back into the schools when the time comes to go back next month. Sorry for the wall of text, but yeah, it's an awful mess...and it's gonna get worse.

All of the other sports starting up will probably be a litmus test. If things go more or less ok for NBA/NHL/MLB/MLS then the NFL will probably give it a go. If the other sports end in disaster then we're probably looking at a postponed and possibly cancelled season.

Football can be played in any season, any weather, so the NFL can start whenever. Same with basketball and hockey. Now how much competition do they want between each other is their problem.

Baseball is screwed. They need gate revenue, TV money doesnt cover the cost of business. Baseball is looking at being pushed to regional status with hockey as the NBA and NFL steamroll over them

MLB already having to cancel games because of outbreaks. If they can't do it with players spaced out on the field and smaller rosters, then the NFL has no chance.

The Minnesota Vikings Infection Control Officer has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now in quarantine:

https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-inf...e-for-covid-19

Yep, the Marlins got 11 players with it. That pretty much takes them out of the league short of having an entire farm system in place to replace those players with - which is theoretically possible with baseball, though the quality of play is likely to go down.

But with football? forget it. I don't care how much money is on the line, the NFL has literally no meaningful safeguards in place for the players. It's not a question of *if* there will be an outbreak that decimates a team, but when.

The NFL might try to start a season, but it'll get called probably 1/4 of the way into it.

Yeah, not looking good for MLB :mad: It seemed like for the most part all teams came out of Summer Camp in pretty good shape, but guess that's easier to control over the actual games themselves. We'll see how it goes from here, but I'm not too optimistic.

The season is happening, baseball is still going calm down