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Roger Goodell Says NFL 'Prepared' for Teams to Not Play 16 Games Amid COVID-19

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is prepared for a scenario in which every team does not complete its 16-game schedule because of COVID-19.

"We're prepared if we have to do that. We've obviously gone through work on that basis with teams," Goodell told Peter King of NBC Sports. "There will be potential competitive inequities that will be required this season because of the virus and because of the circumstances that we wouldn't do in other years. That's going to be a reality of 2020. If we feel like we have an outbreak, that's going to be driven by medical decisions—not competitive decisions.