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Someone like me, I'm not going to be any happier with 13 million than I am with the 8 I theoretically already have. If my job was taken next year, well I've made 8 and I got out of the NFL with reasonable health. On the potential plus side, rehabbing for a year might allow the player to last another couple of years. I can't see the motivation for anyone who has already made bank.

How about this scenario. You made $1.5 million 3 years ago, $2 million 2 years ago, and last year you made $5 million. Are you still playing football this year and living in the bubble? I wouldn't be, I'd rehab my body and be ready for next year.

According to Google 134 - 168 plays in an average NFL game (67 - 84 plays per Offense in an average NFL game) 10 - 11 Corner kicks in an average EPL match Also, the EPL only needed to jam in 8 matches to finish a season. The NFL is looking at starting a season and getting 18 games in pre playoffs (assuming 2 pre-season). Every NFL play definitely has more in your face contact than a soccer match.

The players are ticked, so we can safely assume that the NFL didn't have multiple solid plans for how to proceed in different scenarios. Was the NFL plan on par with 'It'll all be done by the time we start, let's not have a plan'? This can't be possible in a billion dollar sport. Can it?

Didn't see this posted - UAE Says sniffer dogs detect Covid-19 with 92% accuracy. Be easier to have larger events with a trained team of dogs clearing everyone before entry. Would take the stress level down a notch too. No swabs, no temp check, hey look at the doggie. "The UAE has reported early success in using dogs to detect people infected with Covid-19 and plans to deploy specially trained canine teams at airports as it seeks to reopen as a regional travel hub. Trials of police sniffer dogs “achieved approximately 92 per cent in overall accuracy” in identifying samples of the coronavirus, the country’s interior ministry said last week, adding that its research was leading the field globally."

Canada to extend border closure to Aug 21st. If they follow the standard pattern they will also extend to Sept 21st mandatory quarantine for returning Canadians. As a longtime season ticket holder from Canada I have to accept that fans or no fans, I won't be at the home opener for the first time in 17 years.

Oh my God - what are they doing? Florida sets new record with 15,299 new cases on Sunday "A month ago fewer than 5 percent of tests returned positive results, while over the past week, more than 19 percent of tests were positive. "

Days since last peak of new covid-19 cases (7 Day Average) From DataIsBeautiful on Reddit

LDS asks church members to wear masks Israel announces antibody that neutralizes virus 30 year old dies after attending Coronavirus party Mutation in Arizona Coronavirus may make it more infectious

Old Quebec city is a must see for anyone in North America.

Florida adds 11,433 cases and another 93 deaths Half of Florida's ICUs are now at least 90% full All hospitals full in Houston I get my info from the Reddit CoronaVirus sub an excellent place for quick, condensed updates

I agree, and It's funny that you say that. As a Canadian, when someone asks me about visiting another province, I have nothing but good things to say. I love this country from East to West. When I overhear another Canadian being asked the same question they usually answer in the same way, positive reviews. However, after hundreds of trips across the border, and visiting 30 states I'll say the following about Americans. Best hosts in the world, every state Friendliest people, every state Generous to a fault But when we tell people what state we are visiting next we get the rundown of everything that is wrong with that state. Every time. I'll never get it *** I think we're about to see updates that Florida had a very bad day

Or the graph can be used for education. What is happening in those states that leads to higher numbers?

"We are all in the same pool and we will swim efficiently or flounder together." I love that. As a Canadian season ticket holder (since 2004), I've accepted that I will not be able to go to Bills games this year, the border won't open. As long as there's even one state that keeps peeing in the pool that pool will remain closed to me. If the peeing kids had blue hats on I'd still be showing the graph.

1. I'm not an American, I'm a Canadian 2. The DataIsBeautiful sub reddit just presents data in an easier to understand visual format 3. As this is the Covid discussion thread I think the graph is relevant You can "hate this crap" if you like, but I think it provides value

Taken from the DataIsBeautiful sub on Reddit

The Bills said we will be getting an email where we can opt out for this season. Don't know how many Canadian STH there are, but my random guess is about 6K or around 10% of the STH total. I suspect most Canadians will opt out as the border isn't open and even when it opens we'd have to quarantine on re-entry to Canada. I'd be shocked if more than half of the remaining STH want their tickets for this year. A Reddit poll from Bills Mafia had about 30% of responders saying they would go to a game this season. So I don't think there will be a lot of unhappy people, other than being unhappy that we won't be able to continue our tradition of getting together every year and owning tailgating, and maybe even winning the AFC East

26 Shirts had done a fundraiser for a friend of a friend's daughter, Tatiana. Sadly I got the following news "3 months ago, I got a message from Lori that her dear girl was headed to the hospital with what might be covid. And, yesterday, she and I talked about how her fight was coming to an end... an end we had hoped and prayed against. Just a couple weeks after turning 22, the beautiful little curly haired girl that went to kindergarten with my son, lost her battle against covid." About 14 weeks from entering the hospital to passing away, 22 years old. I fear for what will come in the next months in Florida, Arizona, Texas, and California, as the current cases turn to hospitalizations, and the hospitalizations turn to... we'll have to wait and see.

I deleted that - I do have a friend who works there and they say internally they have agreed to cancel all sports, but football is still being decided on. The link had a July 9th date on it so I thought they had updated the info. EDIT - University of Pennsylvania not Penn State - I'm too hot and tired to be posting ?

Added new info about Ravens

The article below explains how MLS only made players quarantine for 24hrs before allowing them into the bubble - So they followed protocols, but the very first protocol was a weak link https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-mls-nba-sports-return-protocols-025336665.html

You say "Life might as well go on at some point", sure, but that point is not now. There is no way for NFL life to go on if 1/3 of the game day roster is sick and needs to quarantine for 2 weeks or more. After FC Dallas had to pull out of the opening tournament due to 10 (now 11) positive tests, MLS had to cancel its second game due to 5 positive test results with Nashville. Are you really wanting to watch an NFL season where games are being cancelled, re-scheduled, or played with teams missing 1/3 of their starters? (I say 1/3 as FC Dallas lost 10 of 30 players or 1/3 of their roster, so I figure the same or similar will happen to an NFL team at some point)

FC Dallas had to pull out of the opening MLS tournament after 10 players tested positive*. Get too many of these types of stories and players in all leagues are going to be questioning the sanity of trying to play in 2020 * That's 10 of 30 players on the roster. What happens if an NFL team gets hit like that? Can't exactly play with 17 players out.. for 2 weeks or more. Link https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mls/fcdallas/2020/07/06/mls-fc-dallas-pulls-out-orlando-tournament-coronavirus/5387643002/

Link https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2020/07/06/tennessee-titans-season-ticket-holders-2020-options-covid-19/ "Adding to all that, Paul Kuharsky notes that the team is also refunding all single-game tickets." EDIT - Ravens will have less than 14,000 in attendance for games

Who has the final word on this? NFLPA or the league/owners? EDIT - I'll answer my own question. The league has the say according to this tweet