We have training camp kind of in a month and a half, so we haven’t heard until now. You might be telling your wife with a week’s notice that you’re gone for six months. Ahead of NFL training camps opening this week, New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty expressed concerns about how practical a season will be … Sports leagues across the world suspended play in March after a handful of cases were found.Wrapping up the “Double Coverage” podcast on Sunday night, veteran Patriots CB Jason McCourty shared his thoughts as players begin to report to Gillette Stadium today for COVID testing.NFL players from just about every team have concerns about the 2020 season, and Patriots veteran Jason McCourty is never afraid to speak his mind.What's trending in the sports world today.The NFL and many other sports leagues have been trying to re-open, and many have already resumed play.
Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the NFL would need to follow that format or consider that its season may be canceled. When you sign up for different jobs, you kind of discuss it as a family, the hardship of that. The complications and difficulties of squeezing the entire league into a bubble were obvious to both Devin and Jason.Personnel who access restricted areas regularly will undergo daily testing and answer a series of questions about their time outside the facility since they last left the premises. Five weeks stand between them and the scheduled start of training camp, time … It will be interesting to see if McCourty is proven right as teams report to training camp.There’s a ton of truth to what McCourty was saying.
That would be insane. For us as players, we never had to think about that. I don’t know if it’s really fathomable for the NFL to be able to go in a bubble,” Jason said. Only the most essential personnel — Tier 1 personnel — will be granted access to newly restricted areas such as practice fields, locker rooms and training rooms. Patriots defensive backs Devin and Jason McCourty are supposed to be kicking back.
To think about somewhere between 53 and 90 guys in a training camp, it’s going to be insane.”“You’re talking about 32 teams each with over 100 (players, coaches and staff) that you have to house. Jason, who revealed he is currently in Tennessee, said he’s experienced the recent surge of new positive tests firsthand.“I’ve been out here in Nashville, and I actually go run at the high school where I think a lot of the 49ers players were doing their team-practice ordeal.
Devin McCourty re-signed with the Patriots in March, getting a two-year, $23 million deal (with $17 million guaranteed). Patriots defensive backs Devin and Jason McCourty wrote a guest piece for the MMQB on Monday. To me, that would be very tough,” he said.Tier 2 personnel are staffers who occasionally require close proximity to players — general managers, operations employees and video staff among others — and will now be required to enter the stadium in a separate entrance from Tier 1 staff. NFL players from just about every team have concerns about the 2020 season, and Patriots veteran Jason McCourty is never afraid to speak his mind. He pointed out that it “only takes one person testing positive” to enter facilities and spread the virus “like wildfire.”
Social distancing and cleaning policies were outlined in the memo, per ESPN. They will have limited access to restricted areas.
New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty, set to enter his 12th year in the NFL, expressed concern about whether the league will be able to complete a 2020 … “Beyond that, I don’t really know — me, personally, I don’t want to ever say never — but I can’t anticipate me being away from the family for that long throughout the entirety of the season. Jason flatly stated that he would not participate in a team practice at this time and described possibly returning to such an environment as “scary.” Devin wondered whether the league will find a way to open on time in late July.All teams must submit their emergency plans to the NFL, NFLPA and Infection Control for Sports for approval.“It’s kind of scary because something like that — I think it was probably just offense, so they probably had maybe 10 guys out there — when you think about the future, it’s hard for 10 guys just to get together to do little passing drills or anything of that nature.