After refusing to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, Rick Dennison is out as a Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, sources told ESPN on Friday.
Dennison had served as the Vikings’ offensive line coach/run game coordinator the past two seasons. In a statement Friday, the Vikings said they were still in discussions with Dennison about the league’s COVID-19 protocols.
Another coach in the league, New England Patriots co-offensive line coach Cole Popovich, also won’t be with his team in 2021 in a decision related to the COVID-19 vaccine and NFL guidelines, league sources confirmed to ESPN.
The vaccine is required for all Tier 1 staff, including coaches, front-office executives, equipment managers and scouts. Players are not required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine but will face strict protocols during training camp and throughout the season that vaccinated players will be able to forgo.
In a memo released by the league this summer, the NFL said any unvaccinated Tier 1 staff member must provide a valid religious or medical reason for not receiving the vaccine. Losing Tier 1 status prohibits coaches from being on the field and in meeting rooms and having direct interactions with players.
The Vikings noted in their statement that Dennison does not have a vaccination exemption.
Private industry, do as i say or YOU ARE FIRED!
If you go state by state it’s pretty much the same numbers. 45 to 55 percent received the vaccine. Biden and media say it’s conservatives only but not so much
Good for him!!! Time to fight back if you don’t want the jab!! It’s still experimental !!! I agree with him..I won’t be a guinea pig either. Nothing lab created can be better than what my own body response will be after I had the ‘Vid earlier this year… despite having an auto immune disorder, I felt like I had the flu.
Pretty obvious how fascist the NFL has become. It’s so sad and sorry to be a luciferian woke tard.
Good thing ESPN doesn’t allow comments I’m sure they’ve never hear the end of this nauseating woke BS, PUSH back
Who is ESPN?