Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher believes that the NFL is going to have a hard time pulling off the 2020 season. Cowher was supposed to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020, but that was pushed back until the summer of 2021. He also had COVID-19 in early March, so he knows exactly what it's like to deal with the virus.
Cowher thinks the first big issue is the players not being comfortable with whatever protocol the NFL comes up with. Even though the players are young and healthy some have family members that have underlying conditions.
“I don’t know,” Cowher said of the NFL season to Ed Bouchette of The Athletic. “No. 1, the players have to feel comfortable with whatever they come up with from a testing standpoint, from a protocol standpoint. I totally understand the reluctance. Even though they say young people aren’t getting it, you also have people who have asthma, people who have underlying conditions in their families — they’re going back to their homes with parents who may now be elderly. It’s not like you can isolate yourself from everybody, particularly during a season that’s five months long. . . . I still think we have a long way to go.
Cowher also believes that some players might not be comfortable with everything going on, and they shouldn't receive pushback because of that. Each person has the right to feel a certain way about something, and Cowher hopes that is something the fans will accept. Fans shouldn't think less of a player if they decide to sit out the 2020 NFL season.
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