Even if the NFL manages to make the 2020 season a reality, the financial fallout associated with COVID-19 is going to have a lasting effect. This is reflected in the NFL’s recent agreement with its players association setting the 2021 salary cap at $175 million. (The 2020 salary cap is $198.2 million.)
The AJC’s D. Orlando Ledbetter addressed this issue at length in a recent piece. It’s definitely worth a read, if you have a moment. And here’s a couple of particularly juicy quotes from general manager and pomade aficionado Thomas Dimitroff (a big hat tip to Ledbetter for the quotes):
“We are spending a lot of time on that, making sure that we have our ducks in line,” Dimitroff said.