Which players will choose not to participate in the 2020 NFL season due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic? Now that the NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed on a plan to start training camp, we’ve seen Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announce his intention to stay out of the season. There will be no preseason games this year, but the regular season begins September 10 with the Houston Texans traveling to Kansas City.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, players will have seven days from the time the deal is officially signed, likely on Monday, to decide whether to opt out of the season. Players considered high risk for COVID-19 can win $ 350,000 and a cumulative NFL season if they choose not to participate in the season. Risk-free players can win $ 150,000 for choosing not to participate.
Here are the players who choose to exit the 2020 season:
Exclusion date: July 27th
This is believed to have been Thomas’s personal choice not to gamble and that there were no pre-existing medical conditions influencing the decision. After being Baltimore’s top returner last season, the 27-year-old Thomas re-signed with the Ravens on March 14 on a one-year, $ 935,000 contract (only $ 25,000 guaranteed), but was considered in the bubble who entered the training ground. He will receive a salary advance of $ 150,000 and was placed on the Baltimore reserve list, which means he will remain under contract with the Ravens in 2021.
Exclusion date: July 24
Duvernay-Tardif, 29, was the first NFL player to publicly say he will not adapt this season. Duvernay-Tardif has been the Chiefs’ starting right guard for the past five seasons and played every offensive shot in his Super Bowl LIV victory over the San Francisco 49ers. He graduated from McGill University School of Medicine in Canada and had been assisting as an assistant in a long-term care facility in the Montreal area during the coronavirus pandemic. “I cannot afford to potentially transmit the virus in our communities simply to play the sport I love,” he wrote on social media. “If I’m going to take risks, I will do it by taking care of patients.”
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