The sides joint medical committee recommended one or two preseason games. The league wants a two-game preseason, with the NFLPA seeking no preseason games.

NFLPA president JC Tretter was critical of the league in a post on the Watch NFL Games Live Free website. He wrote that after initially accepting recommendations from a joint committee of doctors, trainers and strength coaches that the league is unwilling to follow the committees recommendation of a 48-day training camp and is unwilling to prioritize player safety and believes that the virus will bend to football.

The NFL believes Tretters statement is misleading, Maske reports, with the league insisting it is working with the NFLPA on health and safety issues, while following the recommendations of the joint medical committee.Before ESPNs NFL Insider revealed the Chiefs were signing star quarterback Patrick Mahomes to the richest contract in sports history, Katie Camlin of Kansas Citys Plaza Liquor hinted at the blockbuster deal first.

A front office employee for the Chiefs came in and bought 6 bottles of Dom Perignon. Said theres a big signing today. He said its not [tackle] Chris Jones, so my guess is a Mahomes deal, Camlin, a store manager, wrote in a tweet at 12:21pm.

Camlin told USA Today that she deleted the tweet, terrified she would upset the franchise and hurt her stores business.

I didnt want to lose their business, she told the paper. I was afraid theyd be mad. So I deleted it. But of course, screenshots are forever.

Two hours later, Schefter announced the Chiefs had locked in Mahomes through 2031, with this years Super Bowl MVP agreeing to a 10-year, $503 million extension.

Camlin then celebrated her scoop, tweeting, Holy st I beat Schefter.

Camlin said she later connected with the Chiefs exec who visited the store, ensuring all was fine after she had shared the impending news early on.

I spoke w/ the news & I also spoke with the gentleman who was in the store this morning. We are on the same page & we are okay! I wanted to make sure everyones job was safe & that there was no issue with the organisation. I got excited & made a guess that turned out to be right, she posted.

On Tuesday, Camlin revealed Schefter had congratulated her on the scoop via DM.

Well done! Keep me posted the next time some Chiefs employee buys six bottles of bubbly, he wrote, to which Camlin called, the coolest thing ever.

The NFL shortened the 2020 preseason from four to two games last week. That decision wasnt good enough for the NFL Players Association.

According to a report, the Players Association wants the league to jettison the entire preseason in 2020. The decision came after the association took a vote and unanimously decided the league skip the all preseason games.The NFL decided to shorten the preseason from four to two games last week in order to give players extra time to get into physical game shape. The association wants to use training camp and the entire preseason schedule for players to get themselves into game shape.

The association outlined a four-point proposal that goes from training camp directly to Week 1 of the regular season.The NFL and the https://nflnetcast.com NFLPA continue their talks Tuesday, trying to figure out a working plan both sides can live with while practicing and playing during a pandemic.

So far, they have yet to reach an agreement on the number of preseason games, Mark Maske of The Washington Post reports.