NFLPA s DeMaurice Smith on NFL s leadership in fighting COVID-19 on and off the field
February 5, 2021 / 6:01 AM / CBS News
In this episode of
Facing
Forward, Margaret Brennan talks with DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Executive Director on navigating a health crisis with one the world s most-watched sports events. After a season of strict COVID protocols and scheduling adjustments, what were some of the lessons the league learned to make it to Super Bowl Sunday COVID-free?
Highlights
On the NFL being a leader in testing, fighting COVID-19 with no national strategy: It really became a challenge of- given sort of the overall lack of leadership that we had in the country, can we come up with a leadership model that relied on science to guide our way through this? And, you know, very quickly, we realized that if we tested- mass tested, if we had a robust contact tracing program, if we could convince our guys to wear a mask, change football to- to improve
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