Future of Football: NFL Players Vote and 2020 Plans

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🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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While most sports are on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL got some certainty this week, with players voting to approve a new collective bargaining agreement. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith talks about the major points of the new deal. Then, ESPN NFL Insider Dan Graziano discusses how the league is responding to risks of COVID-19, and how the upcoming football schedule could change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The CBA has passed, and Adam, I see that you are receiving information as we speak,
0:08.3	but there has been a majority from that player pool of roughly 2,500 have voted to pass the CBA.
0:15.3	What more can you tell us?
0:16.5	Well, Hannah, here's how close the vote was.
0:18.9	The yes votes were 1,019, the no votes were 959.
0:25.8	So you see the discrepancy right there, a vote difference of about 60. And so the NFL now
0:32.0	gets labor peace for the next 10 years.
0:37.2	As uncertainty reigns in sports, one thing is settled.
0:41.3	The NFL and its players have a new collective bargaining agreement, with an expanded
0:45.9	playoff and eventually 17 games coming to a team near you.
0:51.2	Today, the union's executive director, DeMorris Smith, explains why the deal was so close
0:57.7	and what it means. Then, how the coronavirus pandemic could affect the NFL this season.
1:05.2	I'm Mina Kimes. It's Monday, March 16th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.
1:16.9	Dee, let's start here.
1:18.5	The votes have been tallied.
1:20.1	The players voted yes on the new collective bargaining agreement.
1:25.4	1,019 to 959.
1:29.3	Why was the vote so close?
1:31.5	Well, I think it sort of speaks for itself.
1:35.3	I think the vote is close because you had a group of people who certainly cared about
1:41.6	certain issues in the collective bargaining agreement.
1:49.4	We made it in a really big issue that our players be informed. I think that anytime you have a
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