The NFL’s first training camps kick off in less than six weeks and COVID-19 remains the ominous cloud that the league can’t escape. The lingering concerns overhead are no longer about understanding the coronavirus or establishing wide-reaching protocols to combat it. Now the persisting agitation surrounds one simple question and the litany of ramifications tied to the answer.
This is what decision-makers in NFL teams want to know. And stepping in line behind them are the league office and the players' union, along with a swath of medical advisers who are almost pleading with players to listen to a unified message.