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They're using the recommended 21 day acclimation period as a bargaining chip to get out of playing preseason games is what it sounds like.... what is exactly this 21 day acclimation period anyway??? These are professional athletes for god sake 99% of them stay in shape year round. 21 days to acclimate? To what?
I don't buy that spin my friend. I think they are genuinely concerned about safety issues. Many of these guys have family. They want safety. They BOTH do not want to play in pointless pre-season games that don't mean anything, AND want to heed the NFL's own people's medical advice about the acclimation period.
I never accept the view that automatically, players's motives are to be doubted while the league and owners get a pass. I know it's popular but there's no good reason for it. And that we just scoff at them and laugh at them for having genuine player-oriented concerns.
The Rams have guys like Goff, Kupp, Donald, and Hekker tweeting about this, all saying the same things. Team leaders with standing and respect. I can't see dismissing them as a bunch of hucksters.
As I understand it, a 21 day acclimation period is where they build up to padded practices. The teams are isolated with no contact with any outsiders, including other teams, so that if can be determined whether each team is negative. The league's medical people--outside experts they hired--did not "suggest" that, they listed it as a primary recommendation.
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I think there is much more to it...than just a 21 day acclimation period right now, which is a very easy fix and makes no sense as to they just didn't bring them back earlier if they wanted to play all the preseason games. This seems like a union thing more than anything and the players will all fall in line that's all with the show of public support for their union....of course they are concerned for their health, who isn't? But like I said why haven't these things been worked out already? It seems the NFLPA is just as guilty as NFL as to why there is no direction and this #WeWantToPlay movement should have started months ago
It just seems odd to me that they all want to point at the NFL when their own NFLPA had the last three months to come up with some simple protocols, but like everyone and everything in this pandemic it's a sh'tshow where no one knows what the hell theyre doing and the rules change daily.....
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