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How will CV affect the NFL? (2 Viewers)
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Shutout
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
The Commish said they need to get their act together soon or they will have to pull the plug on the season. Better stated, he said he would have to decide soon if they should cancel the rest of the season if they can’t reign in COVID fairy quickly. But they are definitely at the point where they have to worry if they can keep playing. Six teams currently are not able to play.
ghostguy123
Footballguy
Roger would never cancel the season. It would take some sort of legal mandate.
That said, I could easily see the football season cancelled 3 weeks in, if not during the end of training camp when every team has 30 covids.
There won't be a season
That said, I could easily see the football season cancelled 3 weeks in, if not during the end of training camp when every team has 30 covids.
There won't be a season
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
There are going to be a ton of players with COVID. The question is to what extent the league, the players and the fans care. None, including the players themselves, have ever cared much about the players' health.
facook
Footballguy
Not necessarily positive. Could also have been on list because he came in close contact to a person who did test positive.
ghostguy123
Footballguy
It will be more about PR or some sort of legal mandate.Pip's Invitation said:
Shutout
Footballguy
I'm guessing this is gonna be one of those seasons where some owners either quit or get tossed out of leagues because they get sick of scraping barrels trying to get a full lineup submitted. At some point, attrition will eat into league player pools at least to the point of where you're dealing with 3rd, 4th stringers. Doesn't sound like fun and relaxation .
facook
Footballguy
Handicap stall in my church at 9:30 PST is my quiet place to check my lineups on my phone and make sure everything is optimal. I think the Lord understands.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
ghostguy123
Footballguy
Maybe every league should just do best ball this year
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I don’t think it’s just removed though, it’s moved to 2021’s cap. So for guys teams are going to keep, that could be a killer next year when the cap is possibly going to contract by $25M. Can you imagine the chaos when teams not only have a cut in their cap of $25M but have to deal with millions of dollars of extra bonus proration hitting the cap? It’s going to be a bloodbath for teams who have not made a ton of adjustments to contracts.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Yes and no. If a team got a $13 million salary cap credit in 2020 and DIDN'T sign anyone to replace that player, the cap savings could be carried over to 2021. Why is that important? Because a team could use THIS YEAR's salary cap credit to offset NEXT YEAR'S cap hit . . . meaning the player would have a net cap hit of $0 next year. It won't really work out exactly like that, as there will by opt out adjustments and bonuses that will come into play, but essentially the player would get to play next year with a very minimal cap hit.
I have been discussing this in the Patriots thread. NE went from having $200K in cap space to $35 million in cap space in a few weeks. They will probably bring in some cheap reinforcements for this year, but in theory they could roll over that $35 million into next year's cap.
With the salary cap set to GO DOWN $23 million to $175 million in 2021, NE is currently almost $57 million UNDER the salary cap (set at $175 million). If they choose to roll over that $35 million from this year, they would have $92 million freed up in a year when most teams will be scrambling to get under the cap. On top of that, BB will likely get the older vets that opted out this year to rework their deals (if BB threatens to cut them . . . which is a potential problem for guys that opted out). So NE could easily have $100 million in cap space when teams may be cutting established players left and right to get under the cap. I have said all along that if there is an angle and an advantage to be gained from all of this, BB will find what it is and exploit it.
By comparison, here are some other teams in terms of how they are positioned for next year: PHI (+$86M over the cap), NOS (+$77M), ATL (+$45M), KC (+$32M), HOU (+$19M) . . . and that doesn't take into account teams signing their own free agents, franchise tags they may use, bringing in other free agents, draft picks, etc.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Couldn't imagine taking the time to try to manage a team this year.
Been doing best ball only (with in-season waiver/trade management) the last several years. Even opting outta it this season. Fantasy sports in general just seem like a PITA to manage for the foreseeable future.
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
Yep. I've played season-long fantasy football for many years now. I think if I do any fantasy at all this year it will be daily.
Chemical X
Footballguy
Not sure if this has been posted, but a buddy of mine in the know says that, if the fall college football season is totally a no go, the NFL will play saturday games from mid september thru end of november.
Shutout
Footballguy
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I completely agree, and I usually don't like SI at all. . It may have been DIFFERENT than a normal season but it still could have been successful. I think the NBA is making MLB look completely silly and unrealistic right now. Unfortunately it looks to me like the NFL is going down the MLB path which is very sad.Shutout said:
Shutout
Footballguy
Yeah, it's just really hard with the number of people, travel,etc. But, IF CFB doesn't happen, it really does open the door for some flexibility for the NFL. This could end up being a situation where sacrificing some saves some instead of all ofmit being degraded and ultimately failing.
Shutout
Footballguy
This is concerning and really reminds us how much we still don't know the long term impacts of this. Also makes me wonder if the timeline to return playing fits because you really need to wait a good couple of weeks to check for inflammation . That pushes the argument that a positive test should sideline a player closer to three weeks versus two.Faust said:
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
Travel won’t be an issue at all. They’ll be in hotels the night before and they’ll be locked down. Imagine travel is the least of the NFL’s concerns. I’d say an off day at home is more dangerous.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
There are tons more people involved with football than baseball. And we’ve seen how well things have gone with baseball. Sports in bubbles haven’t had issues. Unless you think football will be dramatically different than baseball for some reason.
Capella
Footballguy
Baseball was a mess to start but they just did 12,301 tests this past week and only 2 players were positive. I think football would take that, and honestly the Marlins and Cardinals disaster were the best things to happen to both sports.
