According to NFL reporter Tom Pelissero among others, the NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to suspend all COVID-19 protocols and the NFL will go back to business as usual, pre-pandemic edition.
The NFL never had to cancel any games over the last two seasons due to COVID but the impact of the protocols was enormous over the last two seasons. Games were forced to be re-scheduled and dozens and dozens of players missed playing time.
The notion of the COVID protocols was always a divisive one among NFL fans. So I’ll pass the question off to all of you. Where do you stand on the NFL and the player’s union deciding to suspend all COVID-19 protocols and go back to normal? Join the community and let us know in the comments below.
The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to suspend all aspects of the joint COVID-19 Protocols, effective immediately, per sources.
After nearly two years of restrictions — and not a single game lost to the pandemic — it’s back to normal. Finally.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 3, 2022