Football fans were freaking out after learning of a certain NFL rule on social media this week.
The NFL has put contingency measures in place in case the unthinkable happens, though it hopes to never have to use them as it would mean that several members of a team died.
While it’s a sensitive subject to broach, NFL teams take flights all the time, not just within the United States, as games are also played abroad. But fans didn’t feel all that comfortable after the MLFootball X/Twitter account pointed it out.
You can see some of the reactions below:
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This NFL Rule Is Not Specific To Football
As it happens, there is something called a “Disaster Draft” for all of the major American sports leagues. In the NFL’s case, the contingency plan differentiates between a “near-disaster” and a “disaster.”
The former would be the case if fewer than 15 players on a team are disabled or worse, while the latter would mean 15 or more.
There wouldn’t be a draft for a “near-disaster” but the affected team would get preferential rights on all waivers until the end of that season. If the quarterback is one of the players lost, the team would be able to draft up to two QBs from any NFL team with three available. Each team could protect two of their QBs, and the drafted signal-callers would return to their teams at the end of the term.
In the case of a “disaster,” the commissioner would decide whether to cancel the team’s schedule. The team would have the first pick in the next NFL Draft if its season is foregone. There would also be a special draft where each team would be allowed to protect 32 players.
The “near-disaster” protocol would come into play if the schedule continues.
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