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The NBA is cracking down on unvaccinated players as part of its COVID-19 protocols
The NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver have no mandate requiring all players to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the 2021-22 season.
At least no official mandate. The league and the National Basketball Players Association could not agree on this.
Unofficially, the league has mandated players to receive the vaccine.
Not long after the announcement of vaccine requirements for non-players (coaches, coaches, scorer staff) and after the National Basketball Referees Association agreed to have their umpires vaccinated, the league posted its 61-page COVID-19 health and safety bulletin on Tuesday Safety logs for the 2021/22 season.
The league made it clear that it wants vaccinated players and plans to introduce greater restrictions on unvaccinated players.
â–º Vaccinated players do not need to be tested regularly. Unvaccinated players will undergo periodic testing, including rapid testing, when in the team facility, participating in team-organized activities, or interacting with other team members, and are required to perform laboratory-based pregame testing on match days, according to the Memo.
â–º Vaccinated players do not need to be quarantined (unless there are unusual circumstances) if they are in close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. You will have a rapid test every day for seven days. Unvaccinated players must be quarantined for seven days if they are in close contact with a COVID-19 person.
â–º Unvaccinated players are prohibited from dining indoors in the same room as vaccinated team staff.
â–º Unvaccinated players must remain where they live in their home market except for essential activities such as grocery shopping or schooling for children.
â–º Unvaccinated players are prohibited from going to restaurants, bars, clubs, entertainment venues, large outdoor gatherings or other high-risk environments.
â–º It is also possible that unvaccinated players who cannot participate in games that require vaccination in cities or miss games during quarantine will lose their salary for each missed game.
New Pro Hoops team to call Shawnee home
Shawnee will be home to the Potawatomi Fire, a minor league basketball team owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The team will play in the 3,000-seat FireLake Arena and will be trained by former NBA player Derrick Rowland.
The Fire becomes a member of the Basketball League. The TBL gives former college and NBA players the chance to continue their careers. The Enid Outlaws, the state’s only other TBL team, won the championship in 2021.
Other regional teams include Texas locations such as Dallas, Rockwall, Houston, Beaumont, and Waco.
College football executives have time to reach a playoff agreement
The college sports directors who run the college football playoff have about four months to agree on a new format if the expansion is to take place for the 2024 season.
If they don’t make it by then, any change in the way great college football decides its national champions will have to wait for the current television deal with ESPN to expire after 2025.
The administrative committee, made up of the 10 FBS conference officers and the Notre Dame sporting director, gathered at a hotel outside of Chicago for a meeting that had been on the calendar for months.
Bill Hancock, CFP’s executive director, said they are discussing outstanding issues that need to be addressed before a decision is made to expand. Most importantly, how many teams?
A 12-team plan was unveiled in June, but an eight-team playoff is still on the table, along with simply staying with the current four, Hancock said.
Hall in honor of the late Faye O’Dell
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame will host its first Leadership Luncheon 2021 at 11:30 a.m. on October 28th at the Jeaneen and Bob Naifeh Family / Bud Wilkinson Event Center in Oklahoma City.
The late Faye O’Dell is honored for his services as a football coach and speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. His son, John O’Dell, will share memories and tell the life of Faye O’Dell through his influence, mentor and character.
The event has limited capacity. Tickets are $ 35 for individuals and $ 350 for sponsor tables with 10 seats.
Call (405) 427-1400 or email [email protected] for more ticket information.
No foreign fans allowed at winter games
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday gave a first look at the COVID-19 protocols that will apply to the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing – including long quarantines for unvaccinated participants, daily COVID-19 tests and the absence of international spectators.
The countermeasures proposed by local Beijing organizers and detailed in an IOC press release mirror those of the recent Summer Games in some ways and appear stricter in others.
Among the most notable differences: unlike in Tokyo, where the athletes mostly competed behind closed doors, the organizers of Beijing 2022 have indicated that some Chinese fans are allowed to attend their games as long as they follow protocols that have yet to be established.
Foreign spectators, including family members and friends of the athletes, will again be excluded from participation.
Extra points
CROSS AREA: The cross-country skiing course in the state of Oklahoma is getting a new name. The course is named after the family of Don and Shellie Greiner and after Don’s father Ken, who gave OSU athletics an important gift.
UNIVERSITIES: Bixby cracked the USA Today Sports Super 25 high school football rankings. The Spartans are number 22 after a 71-0 whipping of Bartlesville last Friday night. Bixby is 5-0 and No. 1 on The Oklahoman’s ranking for Class 6A-II. The Spartans have won 40 games in a row.
NFL: The ailing Tampa Bay Buccaneers get reinforcement in the form of an experienced cornerback. The team announced Wednesday morning that they have signed former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman. 33-year-old Sherman is three-time all-pro selection and five-time pro bowler.
Personnel and wire reports
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