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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 879307" data-attributes="member: 7261">I don't see the NFL starting the season unless they have come to a full agreement with the NFLPA on how contracts will be treated if the season starts and has to be stopped/shortened/cancelled.While I don't think it is 100% clear on what would happen to players salaries if the season didn't start, I think it is pretty clear that if it did start, the contracts are locked in for the 2020 season.  After the season is started, a stoppage and/or cancellation may not prevent teams from having to pay fully on contracts.  That could be a financial nightmare for every team, especially if the TV contracts are written in such a way that they reduce the total amount paid to the NFL in the event games aren't played.I have to think these are the details that the owners and the NFLPA are hammering out now, because without an agreed upon plan of how to proceed if "scenario A, B, C, etc happen", there is way too much financially unknown and at risk to just proceed on a hope and a prayer that the full season can be played.</blockquote>

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