Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan and safety Kenny Vaccaro both took to Twitter to question the logic of the NFL’s decision to prohibit players from exchanging jerseys after games in 2020.
Jersey swaps have become common practice after NFL games, however the NFL plans to ban the practice for this coming season as a measure to help avoid more player contact in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Obviously, the decision is incredibly flawed. After all, the league is OK with players banging bodies for 60 minutes, but is not OK with them meeting briefly following games to exchange jerseys?
Like the rest of us, Lewan thought the ruling made no sense, tweeting “Ohhhhh so we making zero sense now.”
Vaccaro retweeted a tweet by Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson calling the ruling into question, adding “But we can tackle eachother? Cmon now.”
That wasn’t the only new protocol that was reported on Thursday, though.
The NFL is also planning on requiring everyone on a team’s sideline to wear a mask, with the exception of players and coaches.
While we can appreciate the steps being taken by the NFL to try and protect its players and coaches, the jersey rule in particular is the wrong way to go about it.
