NFL: If we have to cancel a game due to Covid, neither team gets paid

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[spintheblackcircle]

Cole Beasley, your thoughts?

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I like this. But how are the PA ok with this?

 

[Goalie_Bob]

I have to believe the the NFLPA is going to say something about this. Especially the part about a team who could be not even at fault not getting paid.

 

[EpochLink]

The NFL isn’t f***ing around, they don’t want to have their finances f***ed around because of stupidity.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

So my guess is, if a player has been vaccinated then they are not getting tested?

Because people that have been vaccinated can still get Covid-19. They probably won't have any symptoms. Like, didn't the Yankees have an outbreak amongst their team but all the guys that got it were vaccinated.

 

[PhillyWings]

So what happens when a vaccinated team has a covid outbreak?

 

[GKJ]

I like this. But how are the PA ok with this?

They have to agree to the protocol to play. So, it would have to be part of the protocol and I would imagine explicitly so in some form.

 

[MMC]

 

[GKJ]

i, too, am willing to give up my livelihood on principle and retire in my 30's after making tens of millions of dollars in my career

 

[PhillyWings]

 

[EpochLink]

This ain’t it Hopkins.

You constantly get hit each week and put your body on the line with massive hits.
Yet are contemplating your NFL future cause of covid vaccine?

Yeah go **** yourself.

 

[Terry Yake]

good on the NFL

and i'm not surprised NFL players can't grasp the simple concept that the whole purpose of the vaccines is to protect against hospitalization and death. no one said they're 100% effective. someone who gets vaccinated and still ends up testing positive for covid won't be contagious as long as someone who is unvaccinated and won't transmit the virus to others on the level of someone who is not vaccinated

 

[DS7]

Say it ain't so Nuk....

 

[GKJ]

By the way, they moved heaven and earth last year and lost zero games, that was before vaccinations. We don’t know how bad this variant - or another - gets. But today, right now, seeing what I’ve seen and knowing what I know about what is known, if you’re telling me 85% percent of the players are vaccinated, I’ll take the bet that zero games get cancelled as long as they control what they can control.

 

[Troy McClure]

By the way, they moved heaven and earth last year and lost zero games, that was before vaccinations. We don’t know how bad this variant - or another - gets. But today, right now, seeing what I’ve seen and knowing what I know about what is known, if you’re telling me 85% percent of the players are vaccinated, I’ll take the bet that zero games get cancelled as long as they control what they can control.

I also think the league wants everyone vaccinated to help avoid the need to reschedule because they're going to fill stadiums back up. If they start moving games around again, it might hurt attendance.

 

[Troy McClure]

So what happens when a vaccinated team has a covid outbreak?

The league is saying they won't punish a team if the team has taken the appropriate precaution of being vaccinated.

This is a brilliant move by the league. Instead of creating a firestorm by ordering players to vaccinate, the league is going to use peer pressure. Plenty of coaches and players are going to be all over unvaccinated guys on their teams to do so to avoid this risk.

 

[John Price]

More leagues should do this. No more cancelations.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

NFL warns teams could forfeit games if Covid outbreaks occur among unvaccinated players (cnbc.com)

Idk if it's fair, but I don't care.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

The league is saying they won't punish a team if the team has taken the appropriate precaution of being vaccinated.

Problem is they are punishing them with that no pay for forfeited game

WTF should opposing team players be punished for an outbreak from other team?

 

[Troy McClure]

Problem is they are punishing them with that no pay for forfeited game

WTF should opposing team players be punished for an outbreak from other team?

More of the peer pressure element. Guys won't want to lose game checks all because some idiot believes stupid shit he reads on Facebook.

 

[EpochLink]

Dumb as a box of rocks.

f*** this idiot.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I like it. Anyone else who doesn't can kick rocks

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

So what happens when a vaccinated team has a covid outbreak?

They likely won’t get sick and have to be hospitalized, I know that.

 

[EpochLink]

f*** around and find out…you’re out of a job.