NFL players are opting out of the 2020 NFL season

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It sure seems to be a lot of linemen on both sides of the ball opting out.  I'd guess they have the most interaction and exchanging of bodily fluids during a game?

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@AGRforever said:
It sure seems to be a lot of linemen on both sides of the ball opting out.  I'd guess they have the most interaction and exchanging of bodily fluids during a game?

  

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@AGRforever said:
It sure seems to be a lot of linemen on both sides of the ball opting out.  I'd guess they have the most interaction and exchanging of bodily fluids during a game?

If thats the case: Officials assigned to Packer games may want to sit out too...Or at least make sure Rodgers is tested

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This is the absolute craziest year in sports that anyone will ever remember. I'll still watch and root hard as hell for our boys, but a part of me sees what's going on in baseball and thinks that it'll be an even bigger problem with football. It'll almost feel like a strike related season, with a bunch of no name guys playing by the end of the year. I hope that won't be the case, but I'm far from optimistic.

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So how fast will the big name QBs etc opt out?  Will it take one player getting good and sick or with all the OL calling it a year will they get scared and not risk covid AND/OR a career ending injury. 

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@wiviking said:

@AGRforever said:
It sure seems to be a lot of linemen on both sides of the ball opting out.  I'd guess they have the most interaction and exchanging of bodily fluids during a game?

If thats the case: Officials assigned to Packer games may want to sit out too...Or at least make sure Rodgers is tested

And Joe Buck with him.

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@PurpleCrush said:
This is the absolute craziest year in sports that anyone will ever remember. I'll still watch and root hard as hell for our boys, but a part of me sees what's going on in baseball and thinks that it'll be an even bigger problem with football. It'll almost feel like a strike related season, with a bunch of no name guys playing by the end of the year. I hope that won't be the case, but I'm far from optimistic.

One encouraging note is that the NBA with its very restrictive bubble has tested 344 players with no positives two weeks in a row. There are ways to beat this if we're willing to accept them. 

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@MaroonBells said:

@PurpleCrush said:
This is the absolute craziest year in sports that anyone will ever remember. I'll still watch and root hard as hell for our boys, but a part of me sees what's going on in baseball and thinks that it'll be an even bigger problem with football. It'll almost feel like a strike related season, with a bunch of no name guys playing by the end of the year. I hope that won't be the case, but I'm far from optimistic.

One encouraging note is that the NBA with its very restrictive bubble has tested 344 players with no positives two weeks in a row. There are ways to beat this if we're willing to accept them. 

This is why I dont believe a sustained NFL season is possible. There is no way they'll do something like the NBA is doing and Football is just that much more of a contact sport. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@PurpleCrush said:
This is the absolute craziest year in sports that anyone will ever remember. I'll still watch and root hard as hell for our boys, but a part of me sees what's going on in baseball and thinks that it'll be an even bigger problem with football. It'll almost feel like a strike related season, with a bunch of no name guys playing by the end of the year. I hope that won't be the case, but I'm far from optimistic.

One encouraging note is that the NBA with its very restrictive bubble has tested 344 players with no positives two weeks in a row. There are ways to beat this if we're willing to accept them. 

This is why I dont believe a sustained NFL season is possible. There is no way they'll do something like the NBA is doing and Football is just that much more of a contact sport. 

The contact would be irrelevant if the players were in a bubble like the NBA and not allowed to see their families, friends, go to the grocery store, etc. I'm not sure I know what the rules are for NFL players when they leave the facility. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@PurpleCrush said:
This is the absolute craziest year in sports that anyone will ever remember. I'll still watch and root hard as hell for our boys, but a part of me sees what's going on in baseball and thinks that it'll be an even bigger problem with football. It'll almost feel like a strike related season, with a bunch of no name guys playing by the end of the year. I hope that won't be the case, but I'm far from optimistic.

One encouraging note is that the NBA with its very restrictive bubble has tested 344 players with no positives two weeks in a row. There are ways to beat this if we're willing to accept them. 

This is why I dont believe a sustained NFL season is possible. There is no way they'll do something like the NBA is doing and Football is just that much more of a contact sport. 

While in theory that may be true, I'd venture to guess that it would be extremely difficult to replicate a bubble for NFL teams simply due to the sheer size of these teams. There may be ways, but the cost and discipline needed to ensure safety may show just how difficult that'll be.

I hope I'm wrong though.