The NBA told teams in a memo Thursday that unvaccinated players likely will have to follow different health and safety protocols this season.
In a memo sent to teams Thursday and reviewed by The Times, the league provided plans for what the upcoming season would look like under updatedwith the bulk of the passages dedicated to players who are unvaccinated.
Those who aren’t fully vaccinated would be required to undergo daily testing and would be forced into quarantine if they are a close contact of someone who has tested positive. Vaccinated players would be subject to limited testing and no mandatory quarantine. Unvaccinated players would have to sit apart from others during team meetings, travel and meals. They also would be subject to mask requirements and have separate seating in locker rooms, keeping them as distanced from the rest of the team as possible.For players who have been fully vaccinated, most aspects of professional life would revert back to pre-pandemic rules.
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