Late last week, New York governor Andrew Cuomo gave the go-ahead for professional sports teams to reopen their facilities for the first time since mid-March as the country managed to get a hold on the coronavirus pandemic.
It was only a matter of time before the state of New Jersey followed suit, which is exactly what they did on Tuesday.
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy announced via Twitter that all in-state sports team are now in the clear to reopen their facilities for training and even live events should their respective leagues wish to go that route.
UPDATE: Professional sports teams in NJ may return to training and even competition – if their leagues choose to move in that direction. We have been in constant discussions with teams about necessary protocols to protect the health and safety of players, coaches, and personnel. pic.twitter.com/yMrCFtSyqY
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 26, 2020
This means that both the New York Giants and New York Jets are able to reopen their facilities, but based on current NFL guidelines, will not be able to resume any sort of minicamps or organized team activities.
Currently, the NFL is limiting the use of facilities to injured or rehabbing players until all league-wide facilities are able to be populated. That means no coaches or healthy players for the time being, with limits set at 50% of the staff or no more than 75 people in the building at once.
On the plus side, this is a major step in the right direction for the Giants and the NFL. It means their training camps are likely to be held as scheduled, which also likely means no interruption to the preseason or regular season schedule.
The Giants are tentatively scheduled to open their training camp — the first under head coach Joe Judge — in late July.
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