At least two dozen NFL players decided not to participate in the 2020 season due to COVID-19 considerations, however, general manager Bob Quinn said he was unaware that any Detroit Lions players made plans to do so at this time.
“I don’t know where the players are in this,” Quinn said at a video convention on Wednesday. “I haven’t heard any questions about it. I’m sure (players and their families) have internal conversations. I think everyone in the league does, so I have nothing to report on that.”
On Tuesday, when players performed on the league team’s facility, several NFL players announced they were going to flee the season.
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Green Bay Packers’ open catcher Devin Funchess(Michigan), Chicago Bears defensive liner Eddie Goldman, Minnesota Vikings defensive take over Michael Pierce and six New England Patriots, adding defensive incumbents Patrick Chung and Dont’a Hightower, are among those who have opted out. .
Chung, in an interview Wednesday on CBS This Morning, said he took her resolution due to family circle issues, adding a pregnant friend and a young child with asthma.
“There are more people who have other scenarios and other families,” Chung said, NBCSports.com. “I only have one safe scenario where I had to make the most productive resolution for my family, so that’s what I did.”
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NFL players have seven days from the ratification of the collective bargain amendments to make an irrevocable resolution to withdraw from the season. The seven-day deactivation window has not yet started and players may be removed later due to new fitness issues.
Players who enter the high-risk category due to fitness disorders will get a $350,000 allowance for the season, while others are eligible for a $150,000 advance on their 2021 wages.
Players who choose not to participate will be paid their contracts.
Quinn said Lions had a data call planned with players’ families Wednesday night to talk about coronavirus problems and tactics to prevent spread. In addition, he claimed that the team had made its doctors be obliged to answer privately all questions from players or their families about the virus.
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