NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is being provided with a “committee of outside advisers” to help him make decisions with coronavirus-related issues, per Mark Maske of the Washington Post.
The NFL likely will provide Commissioner Roger Goodell with a committee of outside advisers for coronavirus-related issues such as team shutdowns, game cancellations, etc., source says. That's to avoid in-season conflicts of interest for competition committee members.
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) August 12, 2020
The outside advisory committee for Roger Goodell on team shutdowns, game cancellations, etc., was previously mentioned by @peter_king in his Monday column this week.
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) August 12, 2020
Peter King of NBC Sports reported this committee could include a wide range of league personnel, including former general managers and players:
I’ve been told it could include a former coach (Tony Dungy?), a couple of former GMs/personnel people (Bill Polian, Scott Pioli, Ozzie Newsome?), a plugged-in league office person (Dawn Aponte?) and a former player (Joe Thomas, Brian Mitchell?). That’s all speculative now, but it might be sensible for Goodell to convene his COVID Cabinet at 4 p.m. Friday to consider all such competitive issues, so he could decide and inform the teams and networks involved that evening whether any action would be taken to postpone or call the game.
King also said the committee could include up to five people not currently working for any one of the 32 teams.
The NFL's early testing results have been fairly positive as training camps have gotten underway, but the league is clearly attempting to plan ahead in the event cancellations or outbreaks become a reality sometime during the season.
This would seem to be a smart move, given the NFL—like the MLB—will not play in a bubble. Naturally, there is a lack of centralized decision-making and activity outside of a bubble, meaning the advisory committee is likely to play a fairly significant role in establishing standards and procedures regarding potential cancellations and or necessary roster adjustments.
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