TAMPA, Fla. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that even with COVID-19 vaccines now being distributed to hospitals nationwide, NFL players and personnel will not be jumping the lines for vaccination before Super Bowl LV, which is scheduled for Feb. 7, 2021.
He also emphasized that with the event still 55 days away, the league needs to be prepared to "adapt and evolve" with regard to the coronavirus, which has affected 16.5 million people in the United States and claimed more than 300,000 lives in the country.
"We are not planning on any of our personnel being vaccinated in advance of the Super Bowl," Goodell said, one day after taking in the Buccaneers-Vikings game in Tampa.