NFL sets game-day safety protocols, restrictions ahead of 2020 season

The NFL has now set some initial game-day safety protocols ahead of the 2020 season to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.

The National Football League is busy preparing for the start of the 2020 NFL season despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the country.

With training camps set to kick off at the end of the month, the league has now issued some initial game-day protocols to ensure the safety of players, coaching staff and fans – should they actually be allowed into stadiums.

“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,” NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweeted on Thursday. “Another way the NFL will look different in the COVID-19 world.”

Pelissero later included some other restrictions to be put into place on game-day, including the ban of on-field fan seating, the requirement both teams arrive at the stadium via bus and the ban of media from the locker rooms.

Clearly, more protocols need to be put into place to ensure safety for all, but these initial mandates are at least a start.

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