NFL NFLPA agree to new COVID-19 protocols for 2021 season loosening restrictions for those vaccinated

A year after implementing all kinds of restrictions for an abbreviated offseason program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL and NFL Players A sociation have agreed to new protocols for the 2021 season, . Specific to this summer Daniel Jones Jersey 's training camps and preseason games, the updated protocols significantly loosen restrictions on those who've been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. As NFL memos indicate, they will affect everyone from players to media members, even potentially offering a competitive advantage to teams with higher rates of vaccination.Fully vaccinated players will no longer be required to undergo daily COVID tests, wear masks or face coverings Odell Beckham Jr Jersey at team facilities or during travel. ( those players will now only be tested once every two weeks.) They'll also be allowed to forgo all social distancing measures and won't be required to quarantine after high-risk exposure to COVID. Vaccinated players, coaches and staff will not be confined to a certain meeting capacity and Lorenzo Carter Jersey will also be free of any gathering restrictions outside team facilities.Those who aren't fully vaccinated will still be required to follow guidelines similar to those in 2020 -- masks, daily testing, physical distancing, etc. will all be enforced.The biggest on-field implications, Peli sero notes, relate to the quarantine procedures. Previously, anyone labeled a high-risk close contact to Phil Simms Jersey COVID-19 was required to isolate from all other players, coaches and staff for at least five days. This led to countle s players -- some of them big names at important positions, like quarterback -- mi sing either practice or games during the 2020 season. Now, those fully vaccinated are no longer required to sit out at all, regardle s of close contact. The media will also have team acce s restored if vaccinated. The new NFL and NFLPA memos Sterling Shepard Jersey permit fully vaccinated media members to conduct in-person interviews with players for the first time since early 2020. Media who have not been vaccinated, meanwhile, will not be permitted in the pre s box, on the field, sidelines or team locker rooms entering the 2021 season.