The NFL has insisted since March that it would play its full 2020 season, despite a coronavirus pandemic that froze sports around the world. For that to happen, the league must navigate an intricate labyrinth of policy changes, medical interventions, business concessions and philosophical shifts, some of which were inconceivable a few months ago and have created new doubts recently as cases have risen in parts of the country.
Details of a plan have trickled out, most recently in a 13-page joint memo with the NFL Players Association that laid out the conditions necessary to allow players back into team facilities.