Richard Sherman rightly points out the hypocrisy in the NFL's new jersey swap policy
Richard Sherman just keeps nailing down the NFL on their troubling policies and actions.
First, he pointed out the fact that Cam Newton — a former league MVP — was signed by the Patriots to a veteran minimum deal while far worst quarterbacks were getting paid much more.
Now, he’s taking the NFL to task on their latest social distancing policy.
The league is implementing a new rule prohibiting players from holding post game interactions within six feet of each other and banning jersey swaps between players for the 2020 season, the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports. It’s all part of the league’s new COVID-19 look.
This policy is ridiculous. It’s apparently fine to run into each other at full speed on literally every single play of a game, but jersey swaps? Nah, none of that, fam.
It’s all silly. Richard Sherman rightly pointed it all on in a tweet.
Deshaun Watson agreed. He straight up called the rule silly.
The rest of Twitter was on board with them.
The NFL might want to reconsider this one. If they don’t feel it’s safe to do something as simple as swapping jerseys, then it’s definitely not safe enough for these players to actually be playing.