The NFL and NFLPA were reported to have informally agreed to 2020 amendments to the Collective Bargaining Agreement that would pertain specifically to the health and safety and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that continues to be a major issue through the majority of the country. The deal wasn’t signed until more than a week and a half later. What happened in between?
According to the NFLPA—specifically president J.C. Tretter and assistant executive director of external affairs George Atallah, it was because the league was attempting to, in the words of the latter, “relitigate” many of the issues that had already been agreed upon.