Second Super Bowl winner waived season due to Corona
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The corona pandemic is devastating in the United States. For fear of becoming infected in the game, more and more NFL players are now quitting the service. Defending champion Kansas City Chiefs has added another celebrity.
IMore and more football players are refraining from the upcoming NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, a second professional from Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs decided not to take part in this season. Across the league, more than 30 professionals have already decided to take this step in the past few days. After Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, running back Damien Williams is the second Chiefs player to miss the season. With two touchdowns in February, the 28-year-old was one of the most important players in the Super Bowl win against the San Francisco 49ers and is the first choice in his position.
At the New England Patriots led by the German professional Jakob Johnson, Patrick Chung, Dan Vitale and Najee Toran decided against the coming season in addition to the prominent defender Dont’a Hightower. The New York Giants have to do without Nate Solger, Devin Funchess is missing the Green Bay Packers, Michael Pierce the Minnesota Vikings.
107 NFL players infected with coronavirus
This list may become longer in the next few days. There is still no agreement between the NFL and the player union NFLPA on the exact wording of the clauses in the collective agreement. From the day of the signature, professionals have seven days to say goodbye to the season, according to US media.
According to the NFLPA, 107 NFL players had been infected with the corona virus in the past few days before the training camps began. Since the players have been at their clubs, there have been 21 positively tested professionals. The NFL plans to start its season in September and, like Major League Baseball, will play in the teams’ stadiums. There will probably be no spectators. At least 16 players of the Miami Marlins had been infected in the MLB in the past few days, some games have already been canceled as a result.
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