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NFL training camps during COVID: An unused snitch line, coaches breaking rules and bacon boxes

The plan was clearly spelled out.

Arrows on the floors. Traffic goes one way through small spaces. Always wear your mask and GPS tracker. Show up early to get the COVID-19 nasal swabs. Sanitize your hands, sanitize your hands, sanitize your hands. Don’t congregate. Create a personal bubble. Follow the rules in the facility, and then let the rules follow you home, too.

One week of jumping through the NFL’s preventative hoops inside team facilities has been interesting, if not repetitive. One team employee called it “Groundhog Day.” Another compared the rigid set of protocols and reliance on technology “like living in ‘Blade Runner’ or ‘The Island’.