Once again, the league has no commitment to consent to anything when it pertains to the protocols for professional football in a pandemic. The league can implement guidelines, and the players can challenge the total security of the office via a non-injury complaint submitted under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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At some time, decisions will nevertheless require to be made. The leagues persistence and cooperation for that reason will not be unrestricted. Ultimately an impasse will be declared and guidelines will be executed, if an arrangement cant be reached.
Per a source with understanding of the conversations, they proceeded “as expected” without “not actually” any news coming from the discussions.
The NFL continues to be a deadline-driven service, and without any immediate deadline for striking an offer regarding the various issues sticking around in between the league and the NFL Players Association on the COVID-19 rules, the two sides did not strike any offers throughout a bargaining session on Monday.
NFLPA Executive Committee member and 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman shared this upate on Twitter: “Good meeting today with management. We were blunt and truthful with them we will not compromise our gamers health in these discussions.”
For now, the league is avoiding playing hardball, presumably since it wants the players to completely and totally buy in. If the players do not concur with the treatments, maybe they end up being less thorough about avoiding the virus and maybe they secretly root for the sort of break out that would shut football down without the gamers doing something they will refrain from doing– launch a wildcat strike.
