{"id":567782,"date":"2021-06-18T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567782"},"modified":"2021-06-18T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:07:46","slug":"nfl-lifts-nearly-all-restrictions-for-vaccinated-nfl-players-pushes-major-restrictions-for-unvaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-lifts-nearly-all-restrictions-for-vaccinated-nfl-players-pushes-major-restrictions-for-unvaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Lifts Nearly All Restrictions For Vaccinated NFL Players, Pushes Major Restrictions For Unvaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnfl-lifts-nearly-all-restrictions-for-vaccinated-nfl-players-pushes-major-restrictions-for-unvaccinated%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=567782&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232565419.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The NFL broke news this week, removing almost all restrictions for players that have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and placing severe restrictions on players that have not received the vaccine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anyone that closely follows the NFL knew this was coming \u2014 there was always going to be one set of rules for players that receive the vaccine and one set for players who made the personal choice to opt-out. Sports leagues around the country are incentivized to have as many players as possible vaccinated. The NFL, MLB, and NHL have all eased restrictions for teams that meet a certain threshold of vaccinated team members and players. It\u2019s become a competitive advantage for teams to incentivize players to receive the COVID-19 shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just this month, the head coach of the Washington Football Team \u2014 Ron Rivera \u2014 brought in a \u201cvaccine expert\u201d to speak with his players about the vaccine and to answer any questions they may have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to gather as much information, allow the players to get as much information so they can make a choice and make a decision,\u201d Rivera <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2021\/06\/09\/washington-football-vaccination-rate-players\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> reporters.. \u201c \u2026 She was outstanding. Our players were engaged and asked a lot of good questions, and off of that we had several guys that are getting vaccinated or have gotten vaccinated because of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In May, Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane said the quiet part out loud, telling the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/audio\/\">One Bills Live<\/a>\u201d podcast it would be an advantage for the team to cut an unvaccinated player if it meant being able to relax restrictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re laughing, but these meetings (last season) were not as productive as before,\u201d Beane <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buffalo-bills-gm-says-team-might-cut-players-who-refuse-covid-vaccine\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cYou guys saw it in the field house \u2014 sometimes we\u2019d have three to four meetings going on, and sometimes you\u2019re talking over each other. But it was the only way to pull it off and be socially distanced. So it would be an advantage to cut a player and fall under that umbrella.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you have X percentage of your players and staff vaccinated, you can live normal, let\u2019s just call it \u2014 back to the old days,\u201d Beane elaborated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you don\u2019t, it\u2019s going to look more like last year \u2026 I hope that, if those are the rules, we\u2019ll be able to get enough people vaccinated and not have to deal with all the headaches from a year ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And while Bean\u2019s comments warranted a call from the league, the NFL\u2019s announcement on Wednesday points to his thoughts being spot on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the NFL and the NFLPA agreed to updated COVID-19 protocols for training camp and the 2021 preseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For vaccinated players, masks and daily testing will no longer be required, travel restrictions have been lifted, they will be allowed to eat in the cafeteria with other vaccinated individuals, and no restrictions will be placed on social\/media\/marketing\/sponsorship opportunities, among other things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For those that have not received the vaccine, life will be a little more difficult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>COVID-19 testing will be required every day, masks must be worn when at the team facilities and while traveling, they may not use the sauna\/steam room, \u00a0leaving the team hotel to eat at restaurants is prohibited, and no social\/media\/marketing\/sponsorship activities will be permitted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.251724137931\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to updated COVID-19 protocols for 2021 training camp and preseason, per source. <\/p>\n<p>How different will life by for vaccinated and unvaccinated players? From the memo that just went to clubs: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8yMPW0JBWZ\">pic.twitter.com\/8yMPW0JBWZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1405226106802872324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>While the league is not \u201cmandating\u201d the vaccine, the message from the NFL and NFLPA is clear \u2014 get the vaccine or your life is going to be painfully uncomfortable moving forward. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL broke news this week, removing almost all restrictions for players that have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and placing severe restrictions on players that have not received the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280681,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232565419.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NFL Lifts Nearly All Restrictions For Vaccinated NFL Players, Pushes Major Restrictions For Unvaccinated","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232565419.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NFL Lifts Nearly All Restrictions For Vaccinated NFL Players, Pushes Major Restrictions For Unvaccinated","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567782","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}