The NFL is curtailing daily testing of all players, vaccinated or unvaccinated, for COVID-19. In a memo sent to the 32 clubs and obtained by The Associated Press, the league said Friday that medical experts from the NFL and the players' union agreed to the change. Those doctors have...
Dr. Michael Osterholm, epidemiologist, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and member of President Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board; Dr. Deverick Anderson, Professor of Medicine at the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection...
we early on learned that not all close contacts were created equal and that, if we did detailed interviews and integrated the contact tracing data, we could, with a fairly high degree of accuracy, determine who was at high-risk for developing COVID-19 after an exposure. And our protocol...
“Following consultation with our jointly retained infectious disease experts, the NFL and NFL Players Association have updated the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols to eliminate the distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated players to determine testing cadence,” the memo said. “Effective immediately, ...
COVID-19 UPDATE Despite our vaccination rates being extremely high, we have seen that the Delta variant can infect and spread among vaccinated people. That means, at the moment, we are in a worse spot this year than last year because the NFL has backed off a key component of our previous...
COVID-19 POLICIES AT SPORTS VENUES: THE NFL SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED ATTENDEES TO BE VACCINATEDCAUDILL, DAVID S.Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
NEW YORK (AP)-Only unvaccinated players and those experiencing possible symptoms of COVID-19 will be tested, starting Sunday, under the NFL’s revised protocols. Also, higher risk players have until 2 p.m. Monday to send written notice if they choose to opt out, according to a memo sent...
The NFL is requiring players, coaches and other team personnel to receive a COVID-19 booster by Dec. 27. In a memo sent to teams on Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, the league said: “Given the increased prevalence of the virus in our communities, our experts have recommended...
As public health officials race to vaccinate millions of Americans against COVID-19, demand has grown so much that some states are running out of space to administer doses. The NFL this week suggested a way to perhaps solve that problem: Use team stadiums to host thousands of people waiting...
由于COVID-19,联盟决定将年度会议上的话题讨论推迟至五月在加州举行的春季会议。本周,NFL自由球员市场开启,联盟新的财政年即将到来。我们不确定这样的全球流行是否会对联盟造成赛程安排的影响。但不出意外,联盟历史上最后一次16场比赛赛季的赛程将在4月中旬公布。