2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[Arioch]

This is interesting and helpful, thanks. So basically, you're saying the precedent has already been set and there's no reason to expect anything different in pro sports? 

It makes sense, but then again, for whatever reason, the league doesn't feel comfortable applying the same mandates on players as it does to other team personnel. I assume this is because of the union, somehow, but I'm not totally sure.

Yes, they've been clear it's because of the CBA. Union contracts have legal weight (and if you look around, the only lawsuits about companies requiring vaccination that have gotten any traction at all are attached to union contracts--like the teacher's union in New York or some police associations), so unless the union agrees to modifying the contract, the NBA can't impose a vaccine mandate. But the same contract gives teams the ability to waive players pretty much at-will--as long as the player gets their guaranteed money; so if the team can waive Burke simply because they don't like his on-court fit, they can certainly waive him because they feel his vaccination status is a detriment to team cohesion/health, etc.