Less than three months have passed since NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith stood together – socially distant, six feet apart – after a rare joint public appearance, days before Super Bowl LV in Tampa .
The two men, adversaries on so many NFL labor issues over the past decade, smiled, laughed and celebrated the end of the 2020 season. The collaboration between the two sides allowed the season to continue and end as planned, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Peace wouldn’t last. And with the NFL and NFLPA negotiating the structure for the 2021 off-season, navigating the post-COVID-19 world can be just as challenging.
On Tuesday, players of the