{"id":1445450,"date":"2022-04-19T08:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445450"},"modified":"2022-04-19T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T12:45:03","slug":"unvaccinated-mel-kiper-jr-will-cover-nfl-draft-2022-remotely-for-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unvaccinated-mel-kiper-jr-will-cover-nfl-draft-2022-remotely-for-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Unvaccinated Mel Kiper Jr. Will Cover NFL Draft 2022 Remotely for ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funvaccinated-mel-kiper-jr-will-cover-nfl-draft-2022-remotely-for-espn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mel Kiper Jr., a stalwart of ESPN\u2019s NFL Draft coverage, announced that he will be manning his post remotely for NFL Draft 2022 because he is unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NFL Draft is the highlight of my year and I am looking forward to taking part in my 39th this month on ESPN,\u201d Kiper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelKiperESPN\/status\/1516152135058178060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1516152135058178060%7Ctwgr%5Ehb_2_10%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D21946858action%3Dedit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all three days, I will appear from my home studio in Maryland rather than onsite in Vegas as I am unvaccinated for COVID-19. I completely support everyone determining what\u2019s best for their individual circumstance and recognize the value of vaccines. Simply put, my COVID vaccination decision is very specific to my own personal medical history.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ESPN-Mel-Kiper-NFL-Draft.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. will cover the 2022 NFL Draft remotely because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Allen Kee \/ ESPN Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kiper, 61, has been covering the NFL Draft since 1984. He is among the longest tenured on-air talents at the network, perhaps trailing only Chris Berman and Dick Vitale in longevity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate my colleagues, particularly the production staff and my fellow commentators, for their support and flexibility,\u201d Kiper concluded. \u201cNFL fans are the most passionate in all of sports and I can\u2019t wait for another great NFL Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel Kiper Jr., a stalwart of ESPN\u2019s NFL Draft coverage, announced that he will be manning his post remotely for NFL Draft 2022 because he is unvaccinated. \u201cThe NFL Draft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}