Originally Posted by
FlY2XS
If there even is a season. I just see too many pitfalls for it to work out.
At this point, I think it's highly likely there will be a season. The NFL is so important to the American psyche, and they have the benefit of watching European soccer leagues, the NBA, NHL, etc, and seeing how they've managed to return to play pretty safely. And for examples of what not to do, MLB.
I think the financial pressures are also quite high on both sides. For the teams, so much revenue lost by not playing. For the players, whose careers average three years, losing a year is just so huge. A lot of those guys also have terrible financial habits and
need the money more than they should.
I think some teams' plans for fans in seats are fanciful, and I'm not saying they
should play, but I think they
will.
Seemed weird to me that the Pats had the highest opt out numbers. I honestly don't know what it means.
If the Patriot Way is all about TEAM, shouldn't more of them buy in?
Or it's more likely this year is a throw away, so don't risk your health. NO idea.
It's an interesting question for sure. Chung and Hightower in particular are key players who've had a lot of injuries, and saving a year of wear and tear in a potentially lost season might make sense. I suspect Bill must have somehow been relatively positive on opt-outs, because I doubt so many of them would have taken the year off if he hadn't, but impossible to verify that or confirm what his motives were if he did.