Patriots Under Investigation for Possibly Violating Covid-19 Protocols

Following Cam Newton’s positive Covid-19 test, the Patriots are now under investigation as the NFL determines if the team has complied with the league’s coronavirus protocol.

According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the NFL launched a process to find out whether or not the organization has complied with Coronavirus protocols before Newton’s positive test results were delivered late on Friday.

The Patriots are not the first team to be investigated in light of a player testing positive for the virus.

The Tennessee Titans, who have seen 20 positive tests since September 24th, are all also currently being looked at by the league.

Titans were under investigation before Cam Newton's positive test result even broke: https://t.co/Eebdfq4OJn

— Austin Bumpus (@AustinBumpus) October 5, 2020

When asked about his thoughts on the team’s handling of the league-mandated Coronavirus rules during a media conference call in August, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick praised his organization’s handling of the situation.

“I think that the team and the organization have addressed this very professionally, strictly, and we’ve changed quite a bit as more information or different techniques or products or whatever have become available or our information has changed,” Belichick said. “We’ve been very fluid with this, the players have done a great job of following protocols, and we’ve also had a lot of great feedback from the players on things, suggestions.

“Because seeing it from an organizational point of view or a coach’s point of view is one thing, but when you’re a player, you see what you do on a daily basis maybe a little bit differently, and so their feedback has been great and we’ve made quite a few or I’d say several modifications to our protocols and programs because of them or suggestions that they’ve made or concerns that they’ve raised.”

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It is likely that other teams will have to go down the same route following positive tests within their respective buildings

The league will do it’s best to learn from the mistakes made in New England and Tennessee.

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