J.J. WATT SAYS ‘PLAYERS NEED ANSWERS’
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has joined in with hundreds of NFL players on four calls with the NFLPA in the last two weeks, and says they still don't have "a single valid" Infections Disease Emergency Response plan.
In a Thursday afternoon Twitter post, Watt says, "We don't know if there are preseason games or not. We don't know if there will be daily testing, semi-daily testing, etc. We don't know how a potential Covid test would affect contracts, roster spots, etc. Nothing has been agreed upon regarding what training camp will actually look like and how the 'ramp up' period will work."
Rookies are scheduled to report to training camp on Saturday.
An NFL proposal sent to the NFLPA Tuesday night included two preseason games, but the union does not want any preseason games and has called for daily COVID-19 testing.
The union also wants for positive COVID-19 tests to be classified as a non-football injury.
Watt's Twitter post:
