11-29-2020, 11:44 AM
(11-29-2020, 10:39 AM)Hypermav Wrote: "All four Broncos quarterbacks will miss Sunday's game against the Saints, after the NFL ruled out starter Drew Lock and backups Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles on Saturday as high-risk close contacts of a COVID-19 positive test, the team announced.
Lock, Rypien and Bortles were deemed close contacts to quarterback Jeff Driskel, who was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this week. All three are asymptomatic and have consistently tested negative, according to the team." The Athletic
I could see something like this happening to a NBA team. 12 day quarantines will certainly affect regular season records in the coming year, depending on schedule timing and who is affected. Deeper teams will be better off unless a mass exposure happens at a facility. Not worried about it so much as "being prepared" for the frustration. I would imagine the NBA players will have access to vaccines early on. Which is another can of worms. I am fine with them being priority since they provide entertainment to many people but I can see this whole who gets the vaccines first being a thing. Plus, there may be some players who won't take the vaccine for personal reasons. I am curious if the league will mandate the vaccine to play. Leaning that they would not do that, but you never know.
It’s going to be very interesting to see how vaccine rollouts go for a number of reasons. For the NBA particularly, seems like it would be hard to mandate with the union since it isn’t well established like the flu vaccine