In a report from ESPN’s Dan Graziano, NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith stated players need to prepare for a 2-year strike if they choose to go the route of a work stoppage for the 2021 season.
“I’m here with a group of people who are willing to take a labor action,” Smith told ESPN on Tuesday. “And people need to understand that it’s really easy to call for a work stoppage; it’s really hard to win one. So that’s why I started notifying players four years ago about saving their checks, making changes to their debt structure, and the reality is that if we want to hold out and get everything we want, that’s probably going to mean a two-year strike.