Football is a sport that checks all the boxes of things not to do during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The game doesn?t account for social distancing, with players breathing on each other and slamming into one another for 60 minutes each game day.
With that in mind, the NFL and the players? union worked out an agreement to allow players to opt out of the 2020 season without penalty. A player who opts out and is determined to be high risk for COVID-19 receives a $350,000 stipend, while his contract rolls over to the next season.