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NBA won’t mandate vaccine for players

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="In this file photo taken on August 8, 2021, a diamond-themed logo commemorating the NBA" s="" anniversary="" is="" shown="" at="" a="" NBA="" Summer="" League="" game="" in="" Las="" Vegas.="" Ethan="" Getty="" Images="" North="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/09/14/20210913_nba.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on August 8, 2021, a diamond-themed logo commemorating the NBA&#x27;s 75th anniversary is shown at a 2021 NBA Summer League game in Las Vegas. <em>Ethan Miller, Getty Images North America, AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The NBA will exempt its players from getting the COVID-19 vaccine while mandating that referees and most staff get vaccinated, ESPN reported Tuesday.</p><p>The NBA and NBPA continue to negotiate other COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming season, but the vaccine mandate is a non-starter with the union, per the report. However, the league is putting forth strict protocols for players who are not vaccinated.</p><p>Those protocols, not agreed upon yet, could include eating and traveling apart from vaccinated teammates as well as being located in a different part of the locker room, per the report. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/20/21/lebron-fueled-by-snub-in-nba-best-player-poll">’Thank you!’: LeBron fueled by snub in NBA best player poll</a></li></ul><p>Roughly 85 percent of players are vaccinated, the league said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/27/21/nba-rockets-to-shut-down-john-wall-for-rest-of-season-reports-say">NBA: John Wall, Rockets looking for trade partner, reports say</a></li></ul><p>The league informed teams last month that personnel who work within 15 feet of players or officials during games are required to get vaccinated by Oct. 1, per the report. </p><div><strong>Coaches allowed to ditch suits again</strong></div><p>NBA coaches will be allowed to dress casually again during the 2021-22 season, The Stein Line reported Tuesday.</p><p>In a practice that began in the bubble near Orlando in the COVID-shortened season of 2019-20, coaches will once again be allowed to ditch suits in favor of polos and quarter-zips this upcoming season.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/11/21/nba-westbrook-on-la-role-make-game-easy-for-lebron">NBA: Westbrook on Lakers’ role — ‘Make game easy’ for LeBron</a></li></ul><p>Coaches were required to wear suits -- with collared shirts made mandatory in 2010 -- up until the restart of the league in the bubble in the summer of 2020.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/18/21/nba-sets-nets-lakers-christmas-game-says-report">NBA to set Nets-Lakers clash on Christmas; Lakers-GSW for Oct. 19 opener</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1774395" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

However, the league is putting forth strict protocols for players who are not vaccinated.