The NFL has informed the 32 teams about possible sanctions in the case of a corona outbreak under non-vaccinated players or caregivers. At worst, a defeat will be credited to the affected team.
Already in June, the NFL had announced far-reaching restrictions for non-vaccinated players. Now the league continued one step further and informed the teams about possible consequences in the event that a game can be canceled and can not be detected due to a corona outbreak under non-vaccinated players or caregivers.
The team in which an outbreak happens collides a defeat on the green table. In addition, the responsible team would have to pay for financial losses that result from the cancellation. In addition, that team threatens other punishments through the commissioner.
Meanwhile, the league clearly realized that it was not intended to extend the Regular Season (17 Games) on a weekly weekly. That is, the 272 season games must be completed or failed within the specified gameplay. "Each club is obliged (...) to have his team to be played by the specified time and place to play at the specified place. A misconduct of which is considered to be harmful behavior than the league. There is no right to a shift of a game," it says In a memo to the teams.
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If there is a game deposit because of Corona, the players of both teams are not paid for the unusual game week.
The measures are a clear pressure medium for players who are still not vaccinated before the start of the training camp. It was not until the beginning of the week that more than 78 percent of all players have received at least one vaccine. In addition, 14 teams have vaccinated at least 85 percent of their players.
"I never thought that I would say that," tweeted on Thursday evening Deandre Hopkins, Receiver of the Arizona Cardinals: "But that I would endanger the success of my team, because I would not participate in the vaccine, lets me my future in the Question NFL. " Hopkins deleted his tweet shortly thereafter and posted cryptic "Freedom?" (Freedom?). Other NFL professionals expressed themselves in a similar way.
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The player union sent a mail to the players in response to the liga's message, in which it was pointed out that in the core the same rules were already considered last year, only the additional penalties for the teams now came, because in contrast to the previous year Vaccine gives.
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Furthermore, it says in the message: "The protocols we have said goodbye to help to help you play a full season last year, without it comes to salary, sin effectively as long as it will be followed."
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