{"id":568043,"date":"2021-06-18T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568043"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:52:17","slug":"this-is-crazy-nfl-players-sound-off-on-leagues-vaccine-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-crazy-nfl-players-sound-off-on-leagues-vaccine-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Crazy\u2019: NFL Players Sound Off On League\u2019s Vaccine Protocols"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthis-is-crazy-nfl-players-sound-off-on-leagues-vaccine-protocols%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=568043&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-1290169578.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 has made it very clear to their players \u2014 receive the vaccine, or you\u2019re not going to have a very enjoyable 2021 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, the league <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nfl-lifts-nearly-all-restrictions-for-vaccinated-nfl-players-pushes-major-restrictions-for-unvaccinated\"><span>released<\/span><\/a><span> their protocols for training camps and the 2021 NFL preseason. For players who have been fully vaccinated, nearly all restrictions have been relaxed. 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 players who have not received the vaccine or are yet to be fully vaccinated, life in the NFL will be vastly different.\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, leaving the team hotel to eat at restaurants is prohibited, and no social\/media\/marketing\/sponsorship activities will be permitted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The rules are strikingly different, and not all players are keeping quiet about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cole Beasley \u2014 wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills \u2013 sounded off on Twitter, calling the NFL Players Association \u201ca joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is crazy,\u201d Beasley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bease11\/status\/1405606254802837510\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cDid we vote on this? I stay in the hotel. We still have meetings. We will all be together. Vaccinated players can go out the hotel and bring covid back in to where I am. So what does it matter if I stay in the hotel now? 100 percent immune with vaccination? No.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe players association is a joke. Call it something different. It\u2019s not for the players. Everyone gives me the 98 percent of people who are vaccinated don\u2019t get covid again. The odds of me getting in the NFL and playing for 10 years are lower than that and I\u2019m here.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Technically, the players did get a \u201cvote,\u201d albeit indirectly. The players elect team representatives who make decisions at the union level for the players, but a decision of this magnitude directly impacts players that have made the personal choice to not get the shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo what are we really talking about? I understand completely why the NFL is doing this,\u201d Beasley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/31654371\/nflpa-joke\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cIt gives them back the freedom to make the most money as possible again if everyone is vaccinated. But will anyone fight for the players or nah?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beasley wasn\u2019t the only player to sound off of the newly released protocols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon took aim at the players union, claiming the NFLPA \u201c<\/span><span>is not for the players they act like they represent us and they clearly show us different time &#038; time again.<\/span><span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1287128712871\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLPA<\/a> is not for the players they act like they represent us and they clearly show us different time &#038; time again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fIiTZMlkwY\">https:\/\/t.co\/fIiTZMlkwY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u26a1\ufe0fPrimetime!!!\u26a1\ufe0f (@Joe_MainMixon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_MainMixon\/status\/1405264173479698444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>With teams having to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated players, it will almost be as if there are two different sets of teams on each roster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI thought Football was a team sport and it\u2019s clearly being individualized by beliefs\u2026,\u201d Mixon said on Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2972972972973\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought Football was a team sport and it\u2019s clearly being individualized by beliefs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u26a1\ufe0fPrimetime!!!\u26a1\ufe0f (@Joe_MainMixon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_MainMixon\/status\/1405264662040612864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The topic of vaccinations has become hotly debated throughout sports, with multiple players speaking out on their decision to abstain from the shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Montez Sweat of the Washington Football Team, objected to head coach Ron Rivera bringing in a \u201cvaccine expert\u201d to talk to the team <\/span><span>to answer any questions they may have about innoculation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not a fan of it. I probably won\u2019t get vaccinated until I get more facts and all that type stuff,\u201d Sweat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sam4TR\/status\/1402662191992610824\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> when asked on Rivera\u2019s decision to bring in someone to talk to the team. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of it at all.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cObviously, they want everybody to be vaccinated to move more freely around the facility and with traveling and all that type of stuff. But everybody has their own beliefs, and they\u2019re entitled to their own decision.\u201d <\/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. 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