The NFL has announced a series of new restrictions intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 this coming season. The set of rules for 2020 includes a ban on the media from locker rooms and teams being forced to travel to stadiums on a bus. Perhaps the most bizarre on the list is the ban on swapping jerseys after the game, which seems senseless after allowing them to hit each other for an hour.
Now, a lot of players around the league are questioning how exactly this is supposed to help. Here’s what Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore had to say about the jersey swaps.
What is stopping Jersey swap going to do? We already played in a whole game!! pic.twitter.com/S5XgYhs89Y
— DJ Moore💫 (@idjmoore) July 9, 2020
Linebacker Jermaine Carter Jr. expressed a similar statement.
So apparently no jersey swaps after we just played a full game…help me understand lol
— Jermaine Carter Jr. (@JERMA1NECARTER) July 9, 2020
We would normally try to offer some kind of theory as to what the league is trying to accomplish here. Unfortunately, at this point trying to make sense of anything in 2020 is only going to give you headaches.
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