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Working overtime to keep its season intact, N.F.L. officials on Monday afternoon introduced additions to existing coronavirus protocols established with the players’ union following a call between the league office, team owners, general managers and head coaches.
N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the changes included the introduction of a leaguewide video system to monitor whether players and staff were wearing personal protective equipment like masks while inside team facilities and while traveling. The league is also limiting the number of free agent tryouts per week and placing bans on gatherings outside team facilities.
“Protocol violations that result in virus spread requiring adjustments to the schedule or otherwise impacting other teams will result in additional financial and competitive discipline including the adjustment or loss of draft choices or even the forfeit of a game,” Goodell said in a memo sent to teams on Monday.