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Odell speaks out:

""Obviously with everything that's going on, it doesn't make sense why we're trying to do this. I can understand basketball was already in the playoffs. Five-on-five basketball in an arena is going to be more intense than regular-season games. Hooping is different than playing an eleven-on-eleven contact sport where there's 80 people in a locker room. We're not ready for football season. So why are we trying to push forward? It's obviously for their money. And that bothers me because there's always been this—and I hate saying it like that—but the owners' [attitude is], 'Oh we own you guys,' and just kind of that unfairness going on that they don't see us as human. I just feel like the season shouldn't happen and I'm prepared for it to not happen and I wouldn't mind not having it."

Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com later reported that Beckham "has no plans of opting out" after seeing "how safe" the Browns' facility was."


It will always be about the money.

OBJ's comments were made before the testing and safety guidelines were put in place. In the original article, which for some reason was in the Wall Street Journal, it stated that fact.

Then tell us oh wise one. How will it go?

I know.

No.

I have known people who have used this tactic before. It allows them to say "I knew it all along" no matter what happens.

No, a team wouldn't shut down. However, if it happens that star players from a few of the top teams have to quarantine, there will always be an asterisk attached to this season and nobody will consider it as legitimate.

This would be the year the Browns win the Superbowl and it will be looked at as a Covid fluke that no one will respect. Don't get me wrong, I'd be in hog heaven regardless.

This would be the year the Browns win the Superbowl and it will be looked at as a Covid fluke that no one will respect. Don't get me wrong, I'd be in hog heaven regardless.

I don't know about that. How many star players did you avoid facing due to Covid? I guess one could say that the rules are the same for everyone. However, if a team makes it to the SB by avoiding facing some opponents star players in the playoffs, it's not going to be seen as legit. And really it won't be.

Couldn’t agree less ...

NE’s D has been decimated by opt outs ... who have we lost? ... that doesn’t seem like everyone facing the same deal to me ... it is the sa,e deal but that deal is affecting everyone differently ...

Losing a player to COVID is like losing someone to a knee injury ... come on my friend ... knee injuries don’t spread through the team and cost u 1/2 your roster ... see the marlins ... no way bro ... not even close to the same ,,,

To me this will be a joke of a season ... i believe like in baseball that they will start but not finish ... if they do ... i bet not all the teams play the same amount of games ... in baseball there going by winning % for when that happens ...

The impacts from team to team might be different, but everybody faces the same deal. No different than a team who gets hit by injuries

baseball has the absolute worse program in playing the season and coping with the virus.

OK Pit ... let me know the next time one player goes down with a knee and it spreads to 4 or 5 other players ...

Your math is Pitesque here my friend ...

Curious as to your thought process here ...

.... never mind being the last one standing when all is said and done.

Then tell us oh wise one. How will it go?

Well, I think we all will have our own separate opinions on that and we won't be able to prove our opinions.

If they are able to crown a SB champ, I will consider it legit. I say that because I know just hard it is to win even one football game, never mind being the last one standing when all is said and done.

I'll have a lash. A number of these players WILL contract Covid-19. There is no doubt of that. Some of those will get very sick. A few may even die. A few will recover but be out of the league for a year or more to FULLY recover from the damage the virus caused. You don't just get better from Covid and hit the ground running. It lingers.

A number of coaches will contract Covid-19. This is more worrisome. There are many coaches in the danger zone age/health wise. Some will get very sick. A few may even die.

These are all facts. It is not possible to keep players and coaches safe. There are far too many factors to cover everything. Travel, hotels, etc. Lockerrooms, team meetings, etc. Even if you could quarantine the entire team, keeping them away from family and friends for the entire season(and that isn't possible) it would still be impossible to keep every single player and coach safe. All it takes is ONE. Someone that contracts Covid and doesn't know it. He gives it to others and they don't know it. In 14 days a LOT of people can be infected. It is what it is. The players have the option to opt out and that is exactly what they should do. But their egos preclude it so they risk their career and life. Make no mistake though, it is a risk. Some will lose that gamble. II don't blame anyone for opting out. It is the smart thing to do.