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From an ESPN article about the Packers C19 debacle ...

The Packers held out hope as late as Wednesday that Lazard could be cleared to play before the NFL officially ruled him out in a phone call to the team, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported. Lazard, who is unvaccinated, and his agent, Peter Schaffer, made a case to the league that Lazard was not a close contact to Adams and thus had no chance of COVID transmission. Lazard was negative on five straight days of rapid and PCR testing. He also argued that his five-day quarantine period should have started Saturday instead of Sunday.

The NFL didn't budge on all that, and now Lazard could be cleared as early as Friday, one day too late. Although the Packers weren't sure whether Adams would have been available for a typical Sunday game, Lazard most likely would have.

So let me get this straight. Lazard wasn't actually a close contact to Adams, tested negative for 5 days in a row and will likely be "cleared" a day later. Yet, the NFL clearly wanted to make an example out of him, because he's MUH UNVAXXERNATED~! The dude is fine and was clearly fine after the first negative test. #Dictatorlogic

A lot of businesses and some cities have rules around this. Probably worth getting vaccinated if it has a chance of impacting your job, especially if you have a chance of letting down your team.

The NFL has historically done all sorts of questionable off the field things over the years that causes fans to pull their hair out. My attitude toward it at this point is oh well. It's their league and if you want to play in their league you'll have to wear their uniform and act the way they want you to act. It isn't hard to find hypocrisy from them but it is what it is.

these were the rules they came up with before the season started right? everyone knew that this was a possibility