Around a week ago, the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell handed out a list of some of the protocols and procedures teams and players will have to follow this season amid the Ccronavirus pandemic. And the list hasn't stopped growing.
The NFL last night sent to clubs COVID-19 protocols for 2020 training camp and preseason, including this detailed breakdown for handling individuals exposed to someone who tested positive: pic.twitter.com/bX7aQzMZTZ
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 4, 2020
NFL Network's Tom Pelissero shared last Saturday a short breakdown of the protocols the league sent to teams related to handling of possible cases of exposure as well as positive test results. This breakdown was part of the original one-page memo and 42-page document with which the NFL office provided each organization.
Earlier today, Pelissero shared a few more details regarding the league's new safety precautions when it comes to the end of games.
NFL teams will be forbidden from postgame interactions within 6 feet of each other and jersey exchanges between players will be prohibited during the 2020 season, sources say.
Another way the NFL will look different in the COVID-19 world.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 9, 2020
NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport followed up on Pelissero's tweet with the following:
Other game day protocols: Coaches and players won’t be required to wear masks on the sidelines. Everyone else in the bench does have to wear a mask. https://t.co/ovKPcCwaD9
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 9, 2020
The two reported changes will possibly add to an already lengthy list of new procedures teams and officials alike will have to follow as early as the preseason. Pelissero explains how the NFL plans to restrict postgame interactions between teams to a minimum of six feet. He also added that jersey swaps between opposing players will strictly be forbidden throughout the course of season. Rapoport's post stated that teams' coaches and players won't be required to wear face masks on the sidelines, but all other staff and personnel on the bench will have to wear a mask.
NFL teams are expected to be in training camp by the end of July and the 2020 football season is scheduled to start in September.
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