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NFL May Ask Fans to Sign COVID-19 Liability Waivers to Attend Games


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The NFL is considering requiring fans attending games this season to sign liability waivers shielding the teams from COVID-19 lawsuits, sources said. The waiver proposal is likely to be forwarded to clubs by the middle of next week as part of a broad range of league recommended best practices for re-opening stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

?It is probably something you do electronically, just trying to figure out the operational challenges associated with waivers,? said one source familiar with plans under development by the stadium reopening working group headed by NFL Sr. VP of Security Cathy Lanier. ?Just have to work out how best to do that.?

 

The league has said almost from the beginning of the pandemic that it expects to play its season as normally as possible. Teams are preparing for a range of scenarios, from no fans to nearly full stadiums, and the NFL is leaving those choices to the clubs and local health regulators.

 

But as new cases of coronavirus have surged 80 percent in the U.S. the last two weeks, it seems all but inevitable that if fans are allowed into stadiums, reports will emerge of some who attended NFL games contracting COVID-19.

 

https://theathletic.com/1904561/2020/07/01/nfl-may-ask-fans-to-sign-covid-19-liability-waivers-to-attend-games/

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