Daily screening for COVID-19, except on game days, has been extended into the regular season by the NFL and the players’ union.
All players and other team workers categorized in Tiers 1 and 2 will continue to be tested every day, a procedure that has actually worked fairly well for the league as it approaches the very first video game on Thursday night in Kansas City. With no testing on game days, the pregame coronavirus tests will be conducted on the day prior to the video game and should be completed before a club travels.
NFL Players Association President JC Tretter of the Cleveland Browns just recently called for an extension of day-to-day testing.
” In the spirit of adaptability, anticipate the NFLPA to promote modifications or upgraded recommendations– such as the extension of everyday screening– as the season progresses and new information appears,” Tretter posted on the union site recently. “We will continue to count on clinical data to inform our approach for combating this infection. As the science evolves, we will progress with it.”
In a memo Saturday to all 32 teams, the procedures for the upcoming season were detailed. They include masks being suggested however not needed for players on the sidelines, except in San Francisco and Buffalo, where regional guidelines need them; access to team facilities on the day after a video game for players and anyone else in Tiers 1 and 2 being restricted unless they require medical treatment or the club has a brief week; no travel to an away game on the day of the video game; and minimizing coin toss individuals to one per team, with face coverings.
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