NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the heads of every other professional sports league in the United States spoke with President Donald Trump via conference call on Saturday.
The result of the conference call has the NFL planning to move ahead with its annual draft in a little over two weeks via cyberspace with team leadership working from home.
Goodell had been considering allowing a small number of front office staff to conduct the draft from team facilities, but after speaking with Trump, the league is now changing course. The idea of conducting the draft remotely had also been on the table.