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Giants news: Training camps to start as NFL, NFLPA reach agreement

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By Ed Valentine@Valentine_Ed Jul 25, 2020, 6:58am EDT

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Camps can start as deal is reached

The NFL and NFLPA reached agreement on Friday on a deal that means training camps will open as scheduled on July 28 for most teams — though this training camp won’t be like any the league has ever held. Ratified 29-3 by player representatives, the deal includes the following:

Practice squads of 16 players, with teams able to protect four players each week who cannot be signed to the active rosters of other teams.
High-risk and voluntary player opt-outs. Players who wish to opt out must do so within seven days. Any player who does opt out will have his contract toll.
A 20-day ramp-up period and a maximum of 14 padded practices to follow.
The spread of any revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over four years, beginning in 2021. The 2020 salary cap will remain untouched.
Rosters must be trimmed to 80 players by August 16, which is around the time the ramp-up period will end and real practices will begin.

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