Has the NFL put the proper COVID-19 protocols in place to protect players for the 2020 season? Former NFL player Jack Brewer reacts.
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Ainsley NFL rookies are
Ainsley, NFL rookies are
reporting to training camp today,
as the league and its players
Union come to a deal on the
Covid 19 protocols. Players
are going to be tested daily for
two weeks and they wont be
allowed into facilities unless
they test negative. Twice
this as players question the NFL
S approach, colts line
man, Deforest Buckner, Tweet,
ing out there wont
be an NFL season if we dont put
players, health and safety first,
whose playing the games, if were
all sick
here to react, is former NFL
player, Jack Brewer,
Hey Jack,
hows it going Ainsley
Ainsley im great! Thank you.
Well with your experience in the
NFL, would you want to play?
Would you want to go back now
in my situation? No,
like many players, probably seventy percent
of the guys are more dont, have
guaranteed contracts, and so I
dont know if id be so quick to
jump into a locker room and go
on the field, tackling people
amidst coronavirus without a
guaranteed contract to make sure
that I got paid
Ainsley. But what, if youre
guaranteed you dont have corona
with those tests?
Oh yeah id be fine, then,
but I mean you cant be
guaranteed that everybody around
you doesnt. Have it
the problem with the coronavirus
as weve all seen is you could
have no symptoms and still have
it.
I think it does create a risk,
but I also think that everyone
should have a choice and thats.
One thing I applaud the league
for and the Players Association
is because theyre giving each
player the choice on whether or
not they want to play and
theyre, not forcing anyone to
come out and play
Ainsley Russel Wilson. Did you
see his tweet about his wife
hes concerned because theyre
having a baby?
How important is it to get
sports back in America?
We need sports back.
We need kids back in schools.
We need a little bit of normalcy.
You know its really difficult
when youre keeping everyone
couped up- and you know, tensions
in our country are flaring
politically, socially theres,
so much unrest. But we got to all
keep in mind that weve been
locked in the house. For so long
kids cant go out and play
parents have to readjust their
schedule for work.
I cant wait to turn on my tv
and be able to see a sports game
if I want to watch one with my
son, so we all need that
normalcy. But I think we have to
be smart because you know im
in Florida now and it is a
little bit scary to see numbers
surging and kids getting sick, so
Ainsley but Jack. What about the
kid? Who was where you were
when you were in high school and
he so badly wants to play in the
NFL and he cant go try out
or he cant. Even I mean all
these coaches come to recruit to
the high schools and they want
to see them play
whats going to happen there,
its terrible that situation
is hard, because you know you
say kids coming out of high
school, that really had to miss a
big part of their training going
into the freshman year.
Look at my career going into
the National Football League.
The guys like me, didnt, even get
a chance to go to the
combine or work out for teams
after the combine.
I wouldnt have got a chance to
play in this environment, so
thats really unfortunate and
you cant get this time back if
youre, in a situation where
right now is the time where
youre transitioning from one
league to the other high school
to college, its really difficult
and its not fair, and so I
think, as a country, I think
sports across the board should
try to do something to make up
for that, whether its giving a
player another year in school
or its, the NFL, you know
having additional tryouts for
the young guys, those
opportunities are there.
Ainsley Jack youre, a good man.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-21.