Some of the takes over the players getting a vaccine, from the players, aren’t a great look for them. In the simplest of terms, you cannot expect to have the same privileges if you aren’t vaccinated. The league has a business to run and to do so they need the supply to be there.
The NFL informed its 32 clubs that it will not reschedule any regular-season games in 2021 for a COVID-19 breakout among non-vaccinated players or staff. It included the “f word” — forfeit — in its warning. (Teams will not have to forfeit if an outbreak of vaccinated players occurs.