The NFL Players’ Associations’ Board of Representatives is standing firm on its stance against playing any preseason games this summer. On Thursday, the board voted unanimously to call on the NFL to cancel all preseason games in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Here’s the wording of the passed resolution:
“RESOLVED, that in light of the absence of medical justification for holding any preseason games and the necessity of adhering to the acclimation period in order to reduce the possibility of injuries, the NFLPA Board of Player Representatives recommends that no preseason games be played during the 2020 NFL preseason, and the Board calls upon the NFL to cancel all preseason games due to the on-going COVID pandemic.”
In the July 3 memo, the NFLPA insists the NFL has no medical justification to support the decision to retain two preseason games or for the shortening of the previously agreed-upon acclimation period.
According to NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero, the fight over the preseason games is “just getting started.”
