The NFL Avid gamers Affiliation on Tuesday suggested its gamers there will be zero preseason video games in 2020, NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo, Tom Pelissero and NFL Community Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Union leadership shared this recordsdata with its gamers all the draw via a conference name in some unspecified time in the future after the league proposed a one-game preseason slate to the union, then followed that up later Monday with an adjusted provide that incorporated zero preseason video games. The NFL and NFLPA previously had been damage up on a preseason slate, with the league sticking to a prefer to play half of of a conventional four-game preseason time desk earlier than acquiescing this week.
The NFLPA also suggested its membership it is aloof pushing for a longer ramp-up duration for gamers to physically acclimate to the practising-camp demands of professional football, and it expects rosters to face at 80 gamers per crew. The NFL has no longer yet signed off on an 80-man roster for practising camp, per Pelissero, and even though there became a discussion on giving groups an probability to divide the roster (i.e., 80 active and 10 on standby), the union suggested gamers it wished all groups to have a look at one rule.
The union said it has a general agreement with the league on voluntary and high-risk decide-out prospects, and one other general agreement on a compensatory stipend within the event video games are lost attributable to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The main economics aloof must be hashed out between the 2 sides, and the important aspects for the final agreements also must be finalized, however the 2 sides have agreed on the thought that.
Avid gamers took to social media over the weekend to publicly push the NFL to more critically maintain in mind their needs in discussions on health and safety protocols, which incorporated the relish to complete the month of August with out any preseason video games. With that reputedly all however guaranteed, the 2 sides can pass onto the next position of matters as they blueprint to receive a foundation for operations in this unheard of time.
Updates from NFLPA name with gamers tonight:
– No preseason video games in 2020
– Union aloof pushing for longer ramp-up duration in camp
– Roster sizes expected to be 80 to launch camp
– Classic agreement on voluntary and high-risk decide-out
– Classic agreement on stipend if video games lost— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 21, 2020
