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brush

(57,494 posts)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 09:34 AM Nov 2021

Anyone else notice the many NFL players going on and off the covid list, and how...

it's downplayed and become accept even, no big deal?

But what about those players' direct contacts with others...their families, coaches, team-office personnel, the public?

It's all being ignored but IMO the virus is being quietly spread this way too.

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Anyone else notice the many NFL players going on and off the covid list, and how... (Original Post) brush Nov 2021 OP
I have noticed Rebl2 Nov 2021 #1
Yea.....diva Aaron Rodgers. Heartstrings Nov 2021 #3
Players face fines if the ignore covid protocols, not for getting covid. Angleae Nov 2021 #5
Thanks for Rebl2 Nov 2021 #6
I noticed not one player spoke out against Rodgers LakeArenal Nov 2021 #2
A lot of vaccinated people have caught COVID. It'll continue to spread ... Auggie Nov 2021 #4
It's instructive that the Antonio Brown fake vax story disappeared tishaLA Nov 2021 #7

Rebl2

(14,682 posts)
1. I have noticed
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 09:59 AM
Nov 2021

that. I thought at the beginning of the season they were told they would face big fines (the team owner and the player) if they got Covid. Also thought the team would forfeit the game. Guess I must have totally misunderstood. I know that one quarterback was fined a couple of weeks ago because he misled everyone about his vax status-think it was Green Bay? I believe he was supposed to go up against Mahomes.

Angleae

(4,640 posts)
5. Players face fines if the ignore covid protocols, not for getting covid.
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 03:46 PM
Nov 2021

And teams only forfeit games if enough players catch covid at the same time that affects the game to a point the NFL would have to step in and postpone the game, as had done several times last year.

Per OvertheCap.com, 22 players on 14 teams(max 3 players/team) are on the Reserve/COVID-19 list (however they don't update regularly and that list is likely several weeks old), as such, it isn't as widespread as it seems. It's only seems so because a few big names have been there over the past couple of weeks.

LakeArenal

(29,799 posts)
2. I noticed not one player spoke out against Rodgers
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 10:06 AM
Nov 2021

That was very telling. NFL knows players aren’t vaxed. However, stadiums remain packed. $$$$$

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
4. A lot of vaccinated people have caught COVID. It'll continue to spread ...
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 12:30 PM
Nov 2021

if one flaunts common sense.

tishaLA

(14,321 posts)
7. It's instructive that the Antonio Brown fake vax story disappeared
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 05:50 PM
Nov 2021

or nearly disappeared--and it especially disappeared after his former chef said that AB got his faked vax card from another player. The NFL knows it has an issue here, but they have too much invested in 1) the idea that they're good citizens and behave responsibly re: the pandemic and 2) optimizing profits.

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