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NFL tells teams training camps must be at club facilities
The Raiders, who typically hold training camp in California, will have to hold it in Nevada this year. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

NFL tells teams training camps must be at club facilities amid pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic robbed fans of a standard NFL Draft experience in late April after the league was forced to make the player-selection process a virtual experience.

On Tuesday, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported fans won't be flocking to normal training-camp cities and towns, as clubs must hold those sessions at their facilities:

ESPN's David Newton and Todd Archer added tweets about the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys: 

Newton wrote that the NFL hopes to start camps in late July, but those and other dates on the league calendar remained penciled-in because of the unpredictable virus outbreak.

Currently, the Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers are scheduled to open the preseason with the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 6. 

The Kansas City Chiefs are set to begin their Super Bowl title defense by hosting the Houston Texans on Thursday, Sept. 10.

The NFL Players Association hasn't yet agreed to terms to participate in a pandemic-altered season.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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