PITTSBURGH — The NFL has long been known as the No Fun League, but that was pertaining to the league's stance on players celebrating big plays. As they loosened their grip on celebrations, amidst the coronavirus pandemic the league is starting to target other common behaviors regularly done on football Sundays to help keep players and personnel safe.
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.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 9, 2020
Another way the NFL will look different in the COVID-19 world.
The NFL and NFLPA continue to hash out the details of their game day procedures and protocols, but Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network reports one of the common activities which will get the ax is the post game jersey swap.
You know, when two players on separate teams meet at midfield after the game and give each other their jersey, often writing a message on it for the receiving player. According to Pelissero, the close contact players would have in this scenario is one of many facets of the game which will change due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
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Players were left scratching their heads at this reported news, but no one encompassed players’ emotions more than 49ers tight end George Kittle.
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