{"id":12105,"date":"2021-12-15T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12105"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:46:24","slug":"premier-league-players-to-be-tested-for-covid-19-more-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/premier-league-players-to-be-tested-for-covid-19-more-often\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Players To Be Tested For COVID-19 More Often"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/premier-league-covid-testing.jpg\" alt=\"Premier League COVID Testing\" title=\"Premier League Players To Be Tested For COVID-19 More Often\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12117\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Premier League battling a big outbreak of COVID-19 cases<\/li>\n<li>Premier League to increase testing for players and staff<\/li>\n<li>Unvaccinated players could soon get a pay cut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/premier-league-2021-to-2022-season-preview\">The Premier League<\/a> has witnessed a huge breakout of COVID-19 cases in the last week and as a result a couple of games have had to be postponed. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the <strong>Premier League confirmed that in the last 7 days, a total of 42 individuals have tested positive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League allows fans into stadiums for all games and that could be one of the reasons why there is a sudden increase in cases. Stadiums are operating at full capacity and do not want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/premier-league-prepares-for-potential-opening-with-government-support\/\">a shutdown like last year<\/a> and though it may be hard to stop a rise of COVID-19 cases without reducing capacity or playing into empty stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>The previous highest number of positive cases in the Premier League was during 16 to 22 August when a total of 16 cases were detected. <strong>Manchester United<\/strong> and <strong>Tottenham<\/strong> were two teams that had an outbreak and as a result had games postponed. They are not the only clubs in the league to report positive cases as <strong>Aston Villa, Leicester, Norwich and Brighton<\/strong> have also reported cases.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gylzOc_2ZM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League\u2019s current solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 is to <strong>increase the number of tests per week for both players and support staff<\/strong>. The league announced that every individual will be subjected to a lateral flow test before they are allowed entry into the ground for training. Apart from this, they will also be subjected to a PCR test twice each week.<\/p>\n<p>The League is also looking to push for mask wearing, social distancing and reducing the amount of time spent when getting treated on the field.<\/p>\n<h2>Unvaccinated Players Could Get Pay Cut<\/h2>\n<p>Premier League clubs are rumoured to be in discussions about implementing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/new-nfl-covid-19-rules-cause-division-amongst-some-players\/\">a policy similar to the NFL<\/a> that will see unvaccinated players get a pay cut. Unvaccinated players are already under pressure as some of their teammates feel that their stance to remain unvaccinated is putting the rest of the squad at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to cut player\u2019s salary is a bid decision as there are a lot of legal angles to consider before it can be implemented. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepfa.com\">Professional Footballers&#8217; Association<\/a> is also likely to oppose any policy that pushes to cut the salary of unvaccinated football players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Premier League battling a big outbreak of COVID-19 cases Premier League to increase testing for players and staff Unvaccinated players could soon get a pay cut The Premier League has witnessed a huge breakout of COVID-19 cases in the last week and as a result a couple of games have had to be postponed. 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