Browns centre and NFLPA President JC Tretter feels the NFL is trying to shame players by urging teams to require vaccinated and unvaccinated players to wear different coloured wristbands.
Tretter, who took office last year as the COVID-19 pandemic was in its early stages, said Thursday he's thankful the Browns didn't adopt the wristband policy and he blasted the league for some other measures.
"They say they need a differentiator between unvaccinated and vaccinated players, we already have a differentiator,'' Tretter said."The unvaccinated players need to wear masks. No other sports leagues use any sort of scarlet marking or helmet decal or wristband because they know it's not necessary and the teams know who's vaccinated and not vaccinated.
"The only difference this year is the NFL's decision to impose additional penalties on clubs which are responsible for the outbreak and the availability of proven vaccines,'' the NFLPA told its members in an email."The protocols we jointly agreed to helped get us through a full season last year without missing game checks and are effective, when followed.''
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