NFL fined Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers for violating COVID-19 protocols

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Set aside by the Green Bay Packers after testing positive for COVID – 19, star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be back for the week 10: this Sunday will face the Seattle Seahawks.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur explained that if everything went according to plan, Rodgers will be in the starting lineup on Sunday , although this option is still under study due to the lack of rhythm that Aaron may have.

After Rodgers’s infection with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was detected, he was placed on reserve and was immediately withdrawn for the game of week 9 the Packers finally lost.

Around the receiver there was a Great controversy since the press and the NFL environment believed that he was already vaccinated against to COVID – 19 , but later it was revealed that it had not been the case.

“ I have been immunized . There are many conversations around the league and there are people who give statements and those who do not, the owners who give statements. There are players in the team who have not been vaccinated , I will not judge them, others who were vaccinated and became infected with COVID ”, he had told the press in August in statements that did not leave anything clear .

NFL Network revealed that Rodgers refused to apply some kind of dose against the coronavirus and opted for an independent treatment .

The Packers would have had knowledge of this and allowed him normal entry to training camp like any other vaccinated . Even Rodgers proposed that the mysterious treatment be applied to the rest of the team, however the Green Bay franchise rejected the option .

The NFL requires that the unvaccinated wear masks In the facilities of their teams, they cannot be together with more than three players at the same time and neither can they interact with people outside the club’s entourage when they play away.

Rodgers and Packers sanctioned

In strict compliance with its statutes, the League fined the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Allen Lazard after a thorough review that found that the two players did not comply with the COVID protocols – 14 and the team, aware of this, did not call them inattention.