NBA reportedly won't mandate players to get COVID-19 vaccine

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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, record photo, the NBA logo is displayed astatine halfway tribunal during an NBA first-round playoff hoops crippled betwixt the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder successful Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Posted at 4:36 PM, Sep 14, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-14 17:36:29-04

The National Basketball League volition reportedly not mandate that players person a COVID-19 vaccine shot.

A ceremonial announcement is slated to hap sometime this week.

According to ESPN, the National Basketball Players Association allegedly wouldn't budge connected its stance that players get mandatory shots.

The Athletic's Shams Charania reportedly that the league besides won't reportedly trial afloat vaccinated players regularly.

According to the New York Times, astir 85% of the league's players are vaccinated.

The quality comes a fewer weeks aft the league announced that anyone who comes into adjacent interaction with players, including coaches and referees, volition person to beryllium afloat vaccinated, CBS News reported.

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