NFL Says Employees Who Refuse Vaccine To Have 'Restricted Access' To Team Facilities

The NFL says they're "encouraging" players and staff to be vaccinated, but today's memo shows otherwise. Apparently, team employees who refuse the vaccine will be "barred from Tier 1 or Tier 2 status" that determines where a staff member may go in the facility.

They aren't even pretending anymore. Roger Goodell is now in our face that the league won't allow adults to make decisions for themselves. They can release as many statements as they want about this being a free choice, but if they're limiting people's ability to do their job over respectfully declining a vaccine -- are they really free? Didn't think so.

Here's the full memo from the NFL:

ESPN's Adam Schefter had some chilling remarks

"Team facilities were the safest place to be in the community," Schefter tweeted. "NFL believes it will make it even safer and help return to normalcy - no testing, won't have to wear a mask or tracking device."

So now that the NFL came to their own conclusion about the safety of the players, they no longer need the opinions of their workers. They feel they know what's best. Everyone who goes against their conclusion could potentially lose their job. I mean, who wants to keep employees who have limited access to the workplace and who have to wear a tracking device like they're on house arrest? Goodell is setting a dangerous standard that Americans shouldn't accept. The players should stand up for their staff members, but they won't.

Private workplace or not, the commissioner's office insisting that it knows what's best for the safety of grown men and women is irresponsible. Unfortunately, the NFL is a privately owned corporation, so there's not going to be much these staff members can do other than punt on their job. It's really a shame.

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