NFL's Updated CBA: From opt-out stipends to COIVD Amendments

The NFL and NFLPA returned to the bargaining table just five months after agreeing to a new CBA, this time to draw up the COVID-19 amendments. A set of agreed-upon rules and regulations to navigate playing through a pandemic. Andrew Brandt shares how the economics of this season will obviously be affected due to the pandemic.

— Fines of $50,000 for refusing a COVID-19 test.
— An opt-out deadline of Thursday.
— Bringing a player off the practice squad 90 minutes before a game.

The NFL & NFLPA pandemic revision to the CBA was finalized (via @TomPelissero) & here’s what’s new: https://t.co/JYuYkRnz2g

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 4, 2020

The NFL and NFLPA returned to the bargaining table just five months after agreeing to a new CBA, this time to draw up the COVID-19 amendments. A set of agreed-upon rules and regulations to navigate playing through a pandemic. Andrew Brandt shares how the economics of this season will obviously be affected due to the pandemic.

I’m encouraged by how our players stuck together during these past several months. The wins that the NFLPA secured in these negotiations are evidence of how impactful an engaged, educated and unified player membership can be. https://t.co/JuQGQCw969

— JC Tretter (@JCTretter) July 31, 2020

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