COVID in the complex

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

No shit it's the NFLPA. They were testing until it started looking bad, then they wanted less testing. And the NFL agreed. So are these guys actually all that worried about the spread? Doesn't seem like it to me. Seems to me that they want to appear to be concerned.

And if they didn't negotiate for what they have now, then what? Do you see how many guys around the league are going on the list anyway?

https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.co...-nfl-policies/

Go down the list and look at all the late November and December cases. A big part of all of this could be that they know it's inevitable. Everyone is going to catch this motherfucker.

I'm curious what their move is when it's Colts-Cardinals level of product across the whole league.

I guess I’m missing your point. It’s seems you are just yelling into the wind that Covid sucks and is affecting football (along with everything else). Are you suggesting the answer is more testing and more strict enforcement? Then you need agreement between the NFLPA and the NFL. Are you suggesting they should throw out all precautions and let players play with it? That’s irresponsible and hugely bad publicity.

I’m involved in making decisions about our response at my work and I can tell you that no matter what you do people are going to be pissed and say how stupid everything is. We have people in the hospital and people who believe it all fake and made up. WTF do you do where someone isn’t pissed off and complaining? NFL players themselves are fairly low risk, although not without any risk. The best way for the NFL to protect themselves and their investment was to incentivize vaccines. Even lower chance of major health issue and it would play well image wise. Lower testing for vaccinated players both incentivizes vaccination and, as you point out, lowers the number of players testing positive and missing games. Win, win. Who loses? The selfish unvaccinated guys. As they’ll quickly point out - their choice. The other losers are the fans of teams with that culture.

The ultimate answer for the players was to understand the rules and make sure they maximize both their protection and availability. The Colts did that to a lower degree than most teams and it may very well bite them. That’s not on the NFL, that’s on players putting Facebook over reality. And it sucks for Colts fans. But that was the players choice. I feel sorry for guys like Buckner. There are only so many years you truly have a chance at a SB. Leonard, Nelson, Wentz etc may waste one.