Preseason is cancelled as final obstacles are cleared for starting training camp on time

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After a coordinated social media push on Sunday involving Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson and more, NFL players successfully kickstarted a whirlwind two days of negotiations regarding each team's health and safety procedures on the eve of training camps opening later this week.Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open the podcast with the latest on the continuing talks between the league and the players' union. With testing procedures agreed upon and out of the way, the major question left is the economics of this 2020 season – will owners try to earn back a bargaining chip lost in this years' CBA in exchange for lightening the financial burden on the players?Also, what will NFL's opening weekend look like in September now that the pre-season has officially been cancelled? (22:00)Looking ahead to 2021, our colleague Eric Edholm wrote a column last week on three possible scenarios the NFL could look to for next April's draft if the 2020 season doesn't get played. The guys examine each scenario, including one that saw the Patriots win a lottery simulation and offer their thoughts on how the league could fairly order the 2021 draft if the worst case scenario indeed comes to pass. (31:00)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylorTag your questions for the guys on Twitter with #YahooNFLPodcastCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Yes, sir, yes sir.
0:01.0	Yes, sir. Yes, sir, yes sir. Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast. I'm Yahoo Senior
0:14.6	NFL writer Tresse Paler.
0:16.1	From my main man, a fellow senior NFL writer Charles Robinson and Charles,
0:20.4	it looks like we're at least going to start a season. Things are certainly moving that way, aren't they?
0:26.0	Yeah, quickly. A lot of things have gotten worked out.
0:29.0	We always use that cliche deadlines, you know, spurred deals in the NFL, but this is, you and I have talked about this before.
0:37.5	This is a shake and bake collective bargaining agreement for one year, you know, and instead of having that long-term time to hammer it out, it's a much smaller time, but right now,
0:48.0	having spoken to someone involved in the process and asking him what the top five things were.
0:53.8	Of the top five he gave me, three have been checked off.
0:57.8	Testing protocols in the Idder plans, the infectious disease, emergency response plans, that's done.
1:03.4	Optouts have been discussed, looks like they've got a framework on that.
1:08.6	Pre-season, next.
1:10.3	It's over, it's done.
1:11.2	We're going to end up talking about that.
1:13.0	The two remaining that are a big deal.
1:15.8	Camp structure, how every team is going to structure its camp has to let the players know here's
1:20.6	how we're going to work this entire scenario into September.
1:24.0	You know, the second thing is the economics.
1:25.7	Now that one, they've got six weeks, basically, to work it out and figure out how to take that
1:30.2	hit.
1:31.2	But you and I have both talked to people who have told us we didn't come this far to blow it up.
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