The NFL spent 2020 putting in place contingency plans to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks, creating a number of headaches due to rescheduled games, Zoom meetings and players rotating on and off the COVID-19 list. The NFL is over it in 2021.
At least, that was the word from Thursday’s memo about further COVID restrictions. Teams may be held accountable if unvaccinated players and coaches end up creating a preventable outbreak, resulting in teams forfeiting games and losing game checks.
Even before the league decided to impose more restrictions on unvaccinated players and coaches, teams with more vaccinated personnel had a competitive advantage.