The NFL has denied that five employees were allowed to skip the line for COVID-19 testing in New York City, per Josh Peter of USA Today.
Jake Offenhartz of Gothamist reported Monday that NFL personnel were given preferential treatment at a state-partnered BioReference testing facility, "sparking outrage among the 100 or so people huddled in the cold who said they’d spent hours queued up for pre-scheduled appointments."
An employee at the facility told Offenhartz they were instructed to treat the NFL workers first when they arrived.
League spokesman Brian McCarthy said those employees had previously arranged appointments and had done pre-screening to expedite the process.