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        <title><![CDATA[NFL GMs call for draft postponement as team facilities close]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks as if the coronavirus pandemic is now stopping the NFL.</p><p>The NFL’s general manager subcommittee on Tuesday recommended to commissioner Roger Goodell that the league push back the draft, <strong>according to ESPN</strong>.</p><p>Perhaps that recommendation was the impetus for this Goodell move: <a href="https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1242619660895477760?s=21">According to NFL network</a>, the commissioner sent a memo to the teams on Tuesday, saying all club facilities will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with limited exceptions, sources told the NFL Network.</p><p>According to the report, the league will reassess April 8 with advice from experts.</p><p>The NFL had planned on holding the draft from April 23-25, and though the dates haven’t changed yet, the facility shutdown could change that timeline.</p><p>The NFL already had said the draft would be <strong>held without fans</strong> and would be held in a <strong>studio instead of in Las Vegas</strong>.</p><p>According to the ESPN report, GMs were concerned that there wouldn’t be time for player physicals, psychological tests and other necessary player-vetting procedures. With the closing of all team’s facilities, those issues will become even more challenging, increasing the likelihood of a delay to the draft.</p><p>Before the league-wide team-facility lockdown, league sources also told the website that it would cause some teams whose facilities were locked down to be at a competitive disadvantage to the other teams whose sites were up and running.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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