Just about every professional sports league has come to a grinding halt in recent weeks, with one notable exception: the NFL. As other leagues have shut down because of COVID-19, the NFL has allowed new player signings, plans to hold the NFL draft as planned in late April, and has said that its season will start on time in September. The Athletic’s Lindsay Jones joins us to talk about how the NFL’s business-as-usual approach has been rubbing some people the wrong way, but how it might also be what fans and the league need right now.
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