NFL: Teams With COVID-19 Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated Players Could Forfeit Games
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The league is taking a major step to incentivize players to get vaccinated as coronavirus cases rise nationwide.
The NFL told its teams that if they have COVID-19 outbreaks among unvaccinated players and a game can’t be rescheduled, the team will forfeit and take a loss. If a game is canceled due to a virus outbreak, players on both teams would not receive their weekly salary and the club with the outbreak would be responsible for any financial losses incurred by the opposing team, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a letter Thursday. Teams with outbreaks could also face additional sanctions, first reported the NFL Network. “Vaccines are safe and effective and are the best step anyone can take to be safe from the coronavirus,” Goodell wrote in the memo to clubs.More Related News