The New Orleans Saints have already forfeited their seventh-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft and lost several hundred thousand dollars for violating the league’s COVID-19 protocols during the 2020 season, but a new report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport suggests the Saints could be hit with more penalties following an investigation into Alvin Kamara’s positive test in December.
Pelissero and Rapoport reported that Kamara interacted with a non-employee at the team facility who did not have Tier 1 clearance to be there, and who registered a positive test result. The Athletic’s Jeff Duncan added it isn’t clear whether that encounter caused Kamara’s infection, but the individual’s presence at the facility remains a violation of strict protocols.