Revised CBA is signed, finally

It took 10 days, but it’s finally done. The NFL and NFL Players Association have hammered out, finalized, and signed the formal document revising the Collective Bargaining Agreement in light of the realities of the pandemic. The tentative agreement was reached on Friday, July 24. The actual agreement likely will be published sooner than later, [more]

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NFL, NFLPA agree on revised CBA for 2020

The NFL and NFLPA have reached agreement on changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the 2020 season, a source tells PFT. The side letter regarding the parameters for a season played in a pandemic, agreed upon 10 days ago, is expected to be signed tonight. The 32 teams have their healthy players in training [more]

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Northwestern pauses workouts after a positive test

Different college football programs have different standards when it comes to temporarily stopping workouts. At Northwestern, it took only one positive COVID-19 result to shut down the program. Northwestern will stop workouts until Wednesday at the earliest. The player who tested positive is self-isolating, and those who were in close contact with him must test [more]

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Todd Gurley “appreciative and grateful” for a sixth year to do what he loves

Todd Gurley turned 26 Monday. It was the first day of the rest of his career, too, as the Falcons returned to some sort of normalcy. “A lot of people want to die to play this game so for me to be 26, and it [to] be my sixth year in the league and still [more]

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Report: Players have until Thursday to opt out

The NFL had agreed to give players seven days after finalization of the revised Collective Bargaining Agreement to opt out of the 2020 season. The revision hasn’t been executed, but the deadline has been revised. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that players will have until 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday to opt out. The league [more]

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The XFL had “no other qualified bids,” beyond Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s

So how did Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his partners finagle the XFL’s carcass for only $15 million? Reportedly, there were no other viable buyers. Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com reports that the court presiding over the XFL’s bankruptcy case wrote Monday that “no other Qualified Bids were received by the Bid Deadline.” Only two bids arrived [more]

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David Andrews: Playing is “something we feel comfortable with”

The Patriots lead the league with eight players who have opted out because of COVID-19. But the guy who missed last year with blood clots in his lungs said he had no reservations about returning to the field. Via Chris Mason of Masslive.com, Andrews said that after discussing the health situation with his wife, he [more]

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