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NFL teams will get salary cap relief for players that opt-out

The NFL and the NFLPA agreed to some final points on how things will work for the 2020 NFL season. The biggest one is that teams will get salary cap relief for players that choose to opt-out of the 2020 season:

NFL teams are about to gain tens of millions of dollars in cap space.

The management council informed clubs that signing bonus proration -- not just unearned salary and bonuses -- will be removed from the 2020 cap immediately upon notification a player is opting out, per sources— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 4, 2020

Pelissero went on to give the example of Ja’Wuan James.