NFL 2020 Off-season Thread: Kool-Aid Man Gets His Ring

[Cail]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...ts-safe-return

Players pissed that the NFL has no apparent plan for the return of football

[Buffy]

Players had four months to ask these questions.

[Melena]

They have been for the past couple of months to my knowledge. Ownership basically buried their heads in the sand. Now that it's like a week before training camp, players are going public to put the screws to the owners.

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[Cail]

Players had four months to ask these questions.

NFL had 4 months to get its shit together

[Rhyis.]

i thought dick sherman said the pa and ownership had good talks and plans about all this last week and he's a union rep so he knows more than byron jones does

[Xno Kappa]

Giants and Jets put out a joint statement. No fans at MetLife.

[Rhyis.]

i thought dick sherman said the pa and ownership had good talks and plans about all this last week and he's a union rep so he knows more than byron jones does

The NFL and NFL Players Association have an agreement in place to conduct daily COVID-19 testing, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. This will stretch over the first two weeks of training camp, and after that the league will look at positivity rates. If the rate drops below 5% for players along with Tier 1 and Tier 2 individuals, Pelissero notes, they will move testing to every other day. Players will also need multiple negative tests before they're allowed to be in club facilities for physicals and team activities.

guess the big stars were just taking the piss and arguing over full money whether you report to camp or not

[Rhyis.]

Vikings facility got it going on but ownership buried their heads in the sand apparently

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1285569596716539905

[Cail]

Michael Bennett retiring

[Xno Kappa]

I’m sure there’s a good offsides joke in there somewhere.

[Weltall]

Seems like it’s now confirmed: 0 preseason games.

[Rhyis.]

owners couldn't make money off them this year without fans in the stands anyway since preseason isn't on cable. dunno why they'd even think about having any in the first place. probably a negotiating tactic

[Mertron]

but now what will we do for a preseason thread

[Mertron]

(this thread is 90 pages ill make a training camp thread or something to track exploding ACLs when i feel like it unless someone else does)

[Rhyis.]

post off-season thread

[Rhyis.]

72 players have tested positive as of this past Friday for Covid. That's approximately 2.5% of players

Apparently this information has been readjusted to 59 players have covid and 36 coaches/trainers have covid, for a total of 95 positive tests throughout the league.

[Cail]

Report: Jets owner Woody Johnson investigated for alleged racist, sexist comments

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson was under investigation by a State Department watchdog following allegations that he made racist and sexist comments while serving as an ambassador to the United Kingdom and sought to have the Open Championship played at a golf resort owned by President Donald Trump, according to a CNN report Wednesday.

Among the allegations are that Johnson made racist comments about Black men and questioned the purpose of Black History Month. He allegedly argued that Black fathers don't remain with their families, calling it the "real challenge."

CNN reported that Johnson would comment on women's appearances at the embassy and public events and said that he preferred working with women because they were cheaper and worked harder. Johnson reportedly would hold gatherings at a men's-only club, shutting out female diplomats from being able to attend, before being told by another diplomat to stop the practice.

The New York Times first reported Tuesday that Johnson told colleagues in February 2018 that Trump asked him to try to secure an Open Championship at the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland. The newspaper reported that Johnson raised the issue with the secretary of state for Scotland, but no Opens have been scheduled at the president's resort.

[Xno Kappa]

loljets

[Xno Kappa]

Such a Jets thing to have their owner forced out before Dan Snyder.