The National Football League continues to make changes ahead of the potential start of the 2020 season in order to combat the rampant spread of COVID-19 this summer.
While some activities – like the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and the supplemental draft – have already been canceled, the league plans to plow forward with training camps as scheduled.
To do so safely, the NFL is now considering having fewer than the usual 90 players present per team on the summer rosters.
“One source said he believed it’s likely that teams will go to camp with 80-man rosters, and another source said it’s ‘definitely not 90,'” writes ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “A third league source said he has ‘heard lots of discussion about 75 players potentially instead of 90,’ especially with the reduction in preseason games and teams not needing as many players for camp as normal.”
Most training camps are set to kick off on July 28, but if the country isn’t able to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, camps and the start of the season could be delayed out of an abundance of caution.
