The 2020 NFL season is scheduled to begin Sept. 10, and Commissioner Roger Goodell is anticipating positive COVID-19 tests throughout the league as teams begin returning to their respective facilities in preparation:
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, medical director Thom Mayer and president J.C. Tretter held a 45-minute call to discuss how to move forward with next season as scheduled during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to SNY.tv's Ralph Vacchiano.
Those on the call "outlined some plans" to protect personnel from the coronavirus, "like testing players three times per week once they return to the facility.