The 2020 60-game season is scheduled to start a week from Friday. With the return of the sport, hard decisions had to be made for those most directly put at risk — the players.
Players were given the opportunity to not play this season. However, not all players have the same options. Those who fall into the “high risk” category can opt out of the season and still get their full pro-rated salaries as well as their service time. Players who aren’t high risk are still allowed to sit out the season, however, those players won’t get salary at all this year nor will they accrue service time.