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“The NFLPA F**king Sucks”: DeAndre Hopkins, Matthew Judon, Leonard Fournette Speak Out Against New NFL Rule Requiring Covid Vaccine

Ashish Priyadarshi
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DeAndre Hopkins, Matthew Judon, and other NFL stars recently expressed their discontent with the NFL basically requiring vaccines.

The pandemic is still raging on the US, and with the NFL set to host games at full capacity next year, they want to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

While the NFL can’t control fans and external forces, they can control their teams and players. Therefore, they released a memo dictating what could happen if players don’t vaccinate themselves.

Last year, the NFL repeatedly had to reschedule games due to Covid outbreaks within teams, but this is something they won’t be doing this year. As a result, the team responsible for the Covid outbreak may have to forfeit the game entirely.

As you might expect, not everyone was happy with this rule.

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DeAndre Hopkins Twitter, Matthew Judon, & Leonard Fournette Speak Out Against NFL Covid Vaccine Policy

Earlier in the offseason, we had seen that Buffalo Bills wide receiver had publicly announced that he would not be one of the people taking the Covid vaccine, taking his chances with the disease instead.

His reasoning? Freedom. He believes he knows what is best for his body, and he wants to take actions on it based on his beliefs, and his belief is that the vaccine isn’t worth it.

Pressure from all over has been pushing teams to get their players vaccinated with most franchises now being over the 75% threshold.

However, the vaccine was never a requirement until now (well, technically it isn’t, but unless you want to run the risk of losing games with no chance of competing, you must take the vaccine) which has made several NFL stars furious.

DeAndre Hopkins has even questioned his future in the league, thinking about retiring.

Matthew Judon and Leonard Fournette were among other players who spoke out against the NFLPA’s decision.

Also Read: NFL Unvaccinated Players : Which Football Players are against new NFL Vaccine Policy?

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Ashish Priyadarshi

Ashish Priyadarshi

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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