Basketball, NBA: Covid vaccination obligation in 2022-23 just to play in Toronto

No big difference in sight for the season NBA 2022-23 in terms of the fight against Covid. In accordance with the NBPAthe Players’ Association, no entry has been made vaccination obligation, although it remains a strong recommendation for players and staff to proceed with vaccine protection. Above all, theobligation to cross the border with Canada and play Toronto against the Raptors: Currently, both the Canadian and US federal governments continue to ban unvaccinated people from crossing the border for athletic purposes. An important fact that last season prevented some unvaccinated players, above all Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets and then Matisse Thybulle of the Philadelphia 76ersto take the field at the Scotiabank Arena (Thybulle even missed the three games of the playoff first round series, won 4-2 by the 76ers).

This means that everyone on the roster and the staff of Raptors they must be vaccinated in order to continuously cross the border between Canada and the United States. Therefore, 100% vaccinated in Torontoabout 97% considering allNBA according to ESPN and looking at the past season which, as mentioned, has not had too many striking cases except those concerning Irving e Mathybulle, at least as far as filtered on the press. Finally, on the topic of no to compulsory vaccination, Yahoo! Sports talked about the possibility of periodic swabs for the unvaccinated: “The NBA will not impose a vaccination requirement for next season, but will strongly advise all staff to be updated with vaccinations. Periodic testing of unvaccinated players may be allowed, pending discussions with the NBPA “.