re: Chance Warmack opting out of 2020

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If they are at-risk, they get considerably more. If they aren't, they just get the $150.

Some of these guys opting out are unsigned for this season, and might not get signed. It's a no brainer for them to opt out and get the money.

A host on WJOX brought up a good point. The guys who opt out aren't going into a bubble for the next year. They're going to be with friends and family. They're going to go on vacations. They'll be eating out. There might even be play dates and coaching little league.

So, for many of them, they might feel a sense of safety by not playing, but they're giving up a controlled environment where precautions are taken every moment that they aren't on the field and where they are tested every single day and have instant 24 hour per day access to doctors. They probably aren't any safer by not playing.

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They get $350k if they have risk factors. That is still way less than the league minimum and MUCH less than a guy like Hightower would earn by playing.

The rest are valid points, but fear plays a lot into these decisions and logic loses to fear just about every time. Also, we tend to think of these players as if they are the only opinion in the decision process but that isn’t the case. There are parents, wives, and children involved too. If you’re already incredibly wealthy and your child comes crying to you begging you not to play because they’re scared you will get the virus, what do you do?