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Continued from page 17 term deal for the Cowboys
Not when America has quarterback yet.
nearly ground to a halt and Again, Prescott and his
the retirement savings of fellow players should get
millions have taken a big hit whatever they can. As evi-
from the stock market. Not denced by Jones' yacht
when family members are there's plenty of money
losing their jobs and won- in football, and the play-
dering not only how they're ers who actually risk their
going to keep their houses bodies should get their 47
but how they're going to percent — if not more — of
feed their kids. that revenue
Suddenly, any display of But on the same day minor
wealth doesn't feel quite league baseball players
right. And as free agency found out they would bare-
began in the NFL this week ly get a few hundred dol-
the riches of the league lars to help pay rent while
stand in stark contrast to unemployed, it just didn't
the turmoil in thousands seem right.
of businesses and millions Maybe that's why it felt so
of households around the good to see what veteran
country. tackle Andrew Whitworth
In ordinary times the big In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) gestures after a did after signing a three-
contracts would be a good touchdown by wide receiver Michael Thomas during the second half at an NFL football game year deal to stay in Los
thing. Players deserve their against the Carolina Panthers, in New Orleans. Angeles. Whitworth and
share of the pot of gold NFL Associated Press quarterback Jared Goff
owners haul in every year said they would donate
and should grab all they from most and cheers from the draft next month — just are hunkered down in their $250,000 apiece to help
get in the few short years everyone in New Orleans. without the trappings of Las homes, work still goes on at pay for 2 million meals with
they will be playing football Now it's a reminder that Vegas to give it real glam- the new $1.9 billion Raid- a local food bank.
for a living. payments for season tickets our. ers stadium after it was de- "Tough times, like what
But these are not ordi- are due and that this might And a big business the NFL clared an essential project. we're experiencing now,
nary times, as coronavirus be the year that money is is, certainly big enough to According to Forbes mag- really show you the true
spreads and the daily on- so tight you have to watch hand out big contracts for azine, the league's 32 fran- value and importance of
slaught of bleak news nev- at home on TV instead. a long time. The league chises were worth a com- community," Whitworth
er seems to stop. The coun- The NFL has the right to brought in more than $18 bined $91 billion when the said. "We're here to wrap
try is hurting, and everyone carry on its business even in billion in revenue last year most recent season began, our arms around our hurting
in it knows somebody who uncertain times, of course, and, with new TV contracts with the average NFL fran- neighbors, let them know
has already been affect- and free agency signings coming up and a new 17- chise valued at nearly $3 that they aren't forgotten,
ed, either by illness or finan- are usually a time to build game season to sell, that billion. and that we are here for
cial insecurity. buzz ahead of the draft figure should go up even That means Jerry Jones them." It's the right move for
A few weeks ago the and the season. That hasn't more. The league is power- can easily afford his new the right reasons.
thought of Drew Brees get- changed because of the ful, too. In Las Vegas, where $250 million yacht. He can And the best kind of mes-
ting $50 million for two years coronavirus, and the NFL all the glittering casinos also afford Dak Prescott, sage from the NFL in a
would have gotten shrugs still plans to go ahead with have closed and people though there's no new long week like this.q

UEFA says no name agreed for postponed Euros in 2021

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Romanian soccer and pub-
Soccer's European Cham- lic authorities announced
pionship is now being on Thursday they renewed
played in 2021 though it's all obligations for Bucharest
not yet clear what it will be to host three group-stage
officially called games and a Round of 16
"The tournament will still be knockout game.
known as UEFA Euro 2020," UEFA picked 13 host cities
the governing body said, in 2014 but Brussels later
three days after deciding to dropped out when a sta-
postpone the month-long dium construction project
event by one year due to failed to get support from
the coronavirus pandemic. public authorities. Brussels'
UEFA later clarified that four games were allocat-
statement as an error and ed to Wembley Stadium in
added "no decision has yet London. The cost of post-
been made on the name poning the 24-team, 51-
of the rearranged Euro." game tournament is likely
The tournament is sched- to cost UEFA "hundreds of
uled to be played in 12 millions" of euros (dollars),
cities in different countries A woman wears a medical mask walks past a sign with Euro 2020 emblem in St.Petersburg where its president Aleksander
across Europe, with the final UEFA planned to host four UEFA EURO 2020 matches, including a quarter final, in Russia, Tuesday, Ceferin said this week.
in London on July 11. Some March 17, 2020. UEFA has promised refunds
cities, including St. Peters- Associated Press on any request and "will
burg in Russia, already al material on display. ues will remain the same, remains true to its original proactively contact all tick-
have Euro 2020 promotion- "We trust that all of our ven- ensuring the tournament vision," UEFA said. et holders in due course."q