AROUND THE SHIELD When Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule reported to the first day of rookie minicamp Friday, he did so in the same way he has for practice since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: masked up, with all of his note cards, play sheets and the like in hand.
Midway through practice, he and his staff threw the masks to the ground.
The NFL released a memo Friday saying that fully vaccinated individuals players, coaches, staff and other personnel will no longer be required to wear masks inside of team facilities, effective immediately. The move comes following similar guidance from the Center for Diseases Control.
Fully vaccinated players, staff no longer required to wear masks at NFL team facilities Published: May 14, 2021 at 04:12 PM Grant Gordon Copied!
Fully vaccinated NFL players and tiered staff will no longer be required to wear masks inside or outside at club facilities, the league announced Friday in a memo obtained by NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
The updated protocol comes following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s easement on Thursday of mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people. Effective immediately, fully vaccinated Tiered staff and players will not be required to wear masks anywhere in the club facility, either indoors or outdoors, the NFL memo read in part. An individual is considered fully vaccinated if 14 days have passed since the individual received his or her last dose of COVID-19 vaccine (either the single dose of Johnson & Johnson or the second does of Pfizer or Moderna).