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Sources: Patriots' Dont'a Hightower, Patrick Chung to opt out of 2020 season
ESPN ^
| July 28, 2020
| Mike Reiss
Posted on 07/28/2020 10:52:07 AM PDT by C19fan
New England Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower and safety Patrick Chung are among the starters opting out of the 2020 season, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Running back Brandon Bolden also is planning to opt out of the season, a source told ESPN. Starting offensive tackle Marcus Cannon, fullback Danny Vitale and reserve offensive lineman Najee Toran earlier decided to opt out for the Patriots.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: covid19; football; negrofootballleague; nfl
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posted on
07/28/2020 10:52:07 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Does that mean they quit for the year?
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posted on
07/28/2020 10:54:17 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: C19fan
Bill Belichick probably wishing he retired after that last Super Bowl.
To: C19fan
Dont'a 
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posted on
07/28/2020 10:56:10 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: C19fan
Kneeling, promotion of #BLM, Covid19, no fans in the stands, players opting out - these are all contributing to the decline of the NFL.
So be it.
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posted on
07/28/2020 10:59:05 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: C19fan
Is there even going to be a season?
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:00:11 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: C19fan
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:02:03 AM PDT
by
angmo
(America invented the Moon, so we could go there.)
To: tomkat
Dont’a laugh. Whatsa matta you?
To: rdl6989
Probably a bastardized season with cardboard cutouts of fans in the seats.
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:06:53 AM PDT
by
matt04
To: C19fan
Wow - that's 12 of the NFL total of 22 opt-out players are on the Pats.
If they are high-risk, they get 350K for the year, if not high-risk they get fronted 150K from next years' salary.
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:10:23 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
To: C19fan
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif - Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, MD - announced last week that he would forego the 2020 season with the Chiefs and remain in Canada working with Covid patients. He’s been doing that since the Super Bowl.
To: rdl6989
Doesn’t sound like it, good.
They get paid 150K to do nothing...
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:16:32 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: matt04
So few fans in the seats....it will be faster to introduce fans to the players.
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:26:35 AM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: C19fan
To: farming pharmer
It probably started out as Dante.
To: C19fan
According to an agreement approved by both the league and the NFL Players Association, players considered high risk for COVID-19 can earn $350,000 and an accrued NFL season if they choose to opt out. Players without risk can earn $150,000 for opting out. Insanity! I'm actually enjoying watching sports leagues commit hara-kiri.
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posted on
07/28/2020 11:56:10 AM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
To: PGR88
Kneeling, promotion of #BLM, Covid19, no fans in the stands, players opting out - these are all contributing to the decline of the NFL.
So be it.
Yep, stick a fork in it.
To: C19fan
This helps the Patriots take a dive so they can get the first pick in the draft next year and take Lawrence out of Clemson. No the way the Pats cheat these guys are probably being paid to sit out.
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posted on
07/28/2020 12:10:10 PM PDT
by
redangus
To: C19fan
So much for the pass defense.
To: C19fan
New England Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower and safety Patrick Chung are among the starters opting out of the 2020 season
Tough decision - football careers don't last that long, and abandoning 1 year out of maybe 8 is not trivial.
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