The NFL's latest economic proposal to the NFLPA regarding the effects of COVID-19 during the 2020 season removes a portion of player salary held in escrow, but also calls for a cut to each team's player costs.

The league has proposed cutting each team's player costs by $40 million in salary cap and/or benefits for this season, according to sources. That move replaces a previous proposal that called for 35 percent of player salaries be held in escrow.

Union leadership is strongly opposed to such a short-term hit that a $40 million cut would entail. The proposal to hold a percentage of salary in escrow also was not well received by players.