NFL, NFLPA agreement includes specific prohibitions on player activities

With the NFL and NFL Players Association striking a historic, on-the-fly CBA that covers 2020 and beyond, the two sides have come up with a way to ensure that players will practice personal responsibility in a pandemic. Per multiple sources, the deal specifically prohibits players from engaging in certain behaviors this season. Players cannot attend [more]

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More teams are considering keeping a quarterback in quarantine

In May, we floated the concept of NFL teams keeping a backup quarterback in quarantine. Coaches like Bruce Arians publicly have suggested that the Buccaneers may employ this strategy in 2020. Privately, more coaches than Arians are thinking about it and talking about it. Per a league source, the notion of peeling a quarterback away [more]

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Champions League spots up for grabs on final day in Premier League

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Elimination of 2020 Pro Bowl pay likely means no 2020 Pro Bowl

As the dust begins to settle on what essentially was an expedited CBA negotiation affecting multiple years of the relationship between the NFL and NFL Players Association, more details of the efforts to gird against pandemic-induced losses are emerging. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media tweeted on Saturday morning that “[o]ne of the concessions from the [more]

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Reduced cap won’t affect Patriots at all

Plenty of teams will have cap issues in 2021, if the salary cap drops to $175 million as a result of financial losses due to pandemic football. The Patriots will not have cap issues in 2021, if the cap plummets by nearly $25 million per team. As Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston noted last [more]

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Clinton Portis among six NFL players charged in health care fraud conspiracy

Six former NFL players were charged on Friday in a superseding indictment in connection with fraudulent charges made to a health care benefit program for retired NFL players. Clinton Portis, the two-time Pro Bowl running back, is the most notable name in the group. The others are Darrell Reid, Antwan Odom, Anthony Montgomery, Tamarick Vanover [more]

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Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening'

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