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The NFLPA released the COVID-19 data on Thursday, saying 72 positive player tests had been known as of July 10.
The union data is intended to provide players with as much up-to-date information on the spread of the coronavirus as possible and includes a heatmap, which shows the largest hot spots among the 32 NFL teams. The Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals are located in the markets most affected by the new COVID cases.
Despite having four offseason months to come up with a plan for how to handle the season during the pandemic, the players’ union and NFL owners still don’t have a formal outline, with less than two weeks left before training camp. . The owners are ready to have a conference On Friday they hope to work out some of the remaining details.
Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt highlighted the numerous issues that still need to be decided from the players’ perspective:
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In the interest of having everyone on the same page in terms of what we know and what we don’t know right now, here are a few things I’ve learned from four NFLPA calls in the past two weeks with hundreds of other players. Please note that our newbies are scheduled to report within 48 hours https://t.co/wAH1XyQenf
For most of the offseason, the NFL worked largely under a status quo, maintaining a virtual and off-season draft and pushing to keep the 2020 season on schedule. With the United States still being the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide, a standard campaign feels like impossible.
That leaves the NFL and its players with an unenviable task of rushing through negotiations that they could have had and probably should have been held months ago.
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