Get Your Shot, Don’t Taunt Your Opponents: The NFL Rules That Divide
The Lead
Wondery
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🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The NFL has managed to get the vast majority of its players vaccinated, thanks to a set of rules that make life pretty difficult -- and football careers much more challenging -- for those who refuse to get a shot. Meanwhile, the league has also made moves to cut down on taunting, causing some critics to bring back the old "No Fun League" label. Lindsay Jones, a national NFL writer for The Athletic, joins us to break down these rules, how they're being enforced, and why they've created some divides within the league.
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| 0:45.0 | During the 2021 NFL season, there has been some unusual tension behind the scenes. |
| 0:50.0 | There are players in this league who feel like they have been held hostage in order to get them vaccinated. |
| 0:56.0 | You know that they basically have been threatened and whipped and cajol into getting the vaccination. |
| 1:01.0 | Players who did not want to get the vaccination. |
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| 1:08.0 | The best threat and whipped and cajol into getting the vaccination. Players who did not want to get the vaccination. |
| 1:15.0 | Today, the Athletics Lindsey Jones on how some players have been convinced to get a COVID shot through a combination of rules and social pressure. |
| 1:23.0 | Plus, the NFL's new crackdown on taunting and whether it's here to stay. |
| 1:28.0 | I would expect that you know at some point it's going to be in a prime time game and a dude is going to spin a ball. |
| 1:32.0 | They're going to throw a flag and Twitter is going to erupt. |
| 1:35.0 | You can just all hope and pray that it does not happen in the Super Bowl. |
| 1:41.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:44.0 | It's Thursday, September 30th, and this is the lead. |
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