Watch Now: NFL Supports Redskins Name Change (8:26) <\/p>\n
Training camp is just weeks away, and NFL teams finally have COVID-19 protocols in place as players are preparing to arrive to their team's complex -- where they will be stationed for six weeks until the regular season begins. The good news for the players is that they won't be in a bubble even though there are aggressive guidelines to follow.<\/p>\n
Per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, players have an extensive breakdown for handling situations where they are exposed to someone who tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Here's a quick breakdown based on what the NFL provided to the teams:<\/p>\n
A. Close Contact Exposure to Symptomatic or COVID-19 Positive Individual<\/p>\n
1. PCR virus test as soon as possible (and isolation until results available)<\/p>\n
a. If virus test is negative and close contact remains asymptomatic<\/p>\n
1a. Close contact may return to the facility and subject to the following<\/p>\n
b. If virus test is positive and individual has no symptoms<\/p>\n
1a. No return unless and until<\/p>\n
c. If virus test is positive and individual is symptomatic<\/p>\n
1a. No return unless and until<\/p>\n
B. Low or Medium Risk Exposure to Symptomatic or COVID-19 Positive Individual<\/p>\n
These guidelines are strict and likely confusing for players and team members, but it's a procedure they will have to grow accustomed to in 2020. The teams already have a memo on how workouts and meetings are to be conducted, another adjustment the franchises will have to make later this month.<\/p>\n
All of this is shaping up for an interesting summer in the NFL.<\/p>\n
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NFL sends teams COVID-19 protocols for training camp, including interaction with players who test positive - CBS Sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Watch Now: NFL Supports Redskins Name Change (8:26) Training camp is just weeks away, and NFL teams finally have COVID-19 protocols in place as players are preparing to arrive to their team's complex -- where they will be stationed for six weeks until the regular season begins. The good news for the players is that they won't be in a bubble even though there are aggressive guidelines to follow. Continue reading