NFL’s ‘significant changes’ to Covid-19 protocols will allow faster player return

• NFL and NFLPA set to announce changes to Covid-19 protocols
• Asymptomatic players who've tested positive may return sooner
• League has mandated non-player personnel to get Covid booster

In moves reminiscent of the environment for the 2020 season, the NFL has updated its protocols and advocated for booster shots in reaction to an increase in Covid-19 cases around the league.

As part of its protocol changes, it is requiring masks regardless of vaccination status, and remote or outdoor meetings. It also is stopping in-person meals, adding restrictions on activities outside the facility, prohibiting outside visitors during team travel, and limiting the amount of people in team weight rooms.