The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed on COVID-19 testing procedures for training camp and the preseason, as the league sent a memo regarding the matter to all 32 clubs on Monday.
A memo that just went out outlining COVID-19 testing pic.twitter.com/RnJHRXQOKA
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 20, 2020
The first COVID-19 tests will be pre-entry ones, meaning that each player must have two negative tests with a minimum of 72 hours between each one before they are allowed to enter their respective team's facility. This past weekend, the league sent a notice to each team that training camp will go on as scheduled, with all veterans expected to report by July 28.
Once training camp begins, players will be tested every day, something the NFLPA pushed for during negotiations. The daily testing will occur for the first two weeks of camp at the minimum.
After two weeks, testing will move to an every other day format if the positivity rate is below 5%. If the positivity rate is 5% or greater after two weeks, the league will continue to conduct daily tests. Additionally, if the positivity rate ever reaches a point of 5% or higher, the NFL will return to daily testing.
"This is ongoing work," Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL's chief medical officer, told ESPN. "There's no finish line with health and safety, and I think these protocols are living, breathing documents, which means they will change as we get new information. They will undoubtedly be changing over time, which is what we usually see in medicine."
Following the agreement, the NFLPA released the following statement:
Our union has been pushing for the strongest testing, tracing and treatment protocols to keep our players safe. The testing protocols we agreed to are one critical factor that will help us return to work safely and gives us the best chance to play and finish the season.
Our statement on Covid-19 testing procedures: pic.twitter.com/6mYF3aK0jm
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) July 20, 2020
The NFL and NFLPA agreement comes just one day after several of the league's stars -- such as Patrick Mahomes, J.J. Watt, Russell Wilson, and Myles Garrett -- voiced their concern on Twitter about the safety concerns of beginning camp with no protocols in place.
Despite reaching a conclusion regarding COVID-19 testing, the two sides have yet to come to an agreement on a bunch of other underlying issues about playing this season amid the pandemic. Those issues include the number of preseason games that will be played, issues surrounding players that want to opt-out (or are medically advised to opt-out), and how the acclimation period upon arriving at camp will work.
Look for those issues to be resolved in the coming days, as neither side wants to begin camp without an agreement.
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