NFL Players Association proposal could eliminate spring football in NFL but of course there are issues

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The NFL Players Association is working on a proposal to the league that would fundamentally change how and when the league's teams prepare players for the coming season.

And that change could happen as early as next offseason if adopted by the league.

The players' union is finalizing the proposal that would eliminate on-field work -- such as is currently underway around the NFL -- in the spring. Veteran players instead would begin their preparations for the season in earnest in June.

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So Spring Football would be eliminated in the NFL.

Denver Broncos quarterback Zach Wilson (4) during organized team activities at Centura Health Training Center.  (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)

It would mean a training camp schedule that would seemingly begin in late June or early July and ramp up to regular-season games in September. Training camps currently begin around the last days of July. 

As it currently stands, the middle of June and early July are generally an inactive time around the NFL.

Under an early draft of the proposal, first reported on by NFL Media, virtual classroom work would still be permitted in the spring, but no practices would be allowed until training camp.

And why does the players union wish to mess with things as they currently are?

The NFLPA wants to find ways to give players a longer layoff between the end of the season and the return to football activities on the field. Clearing the spring of OTAs would obviously accomplish that, with the tradeoff being for a longer preparation period right before the start of the regular season.

But the new proposal may come with