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NFL teams with COVID-19 outbreaks risk forfeiting games

By Mike Brest
Published July 22, 2021 7:45pm ET
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NFL teams with COVID-19 outbreaks risk forfeiting games
FILE - This file photo shows an NFL logo on a goal post padding before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field in Detroit. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File) | Rick Osentoski

NFL teams that report a COVID-19 outbreak will risk forfeited games in the upcoming season.

Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to every team on Thursday outlining the league’s strategy for handling the pandemic after the NFL did not cancel any games during the 2020 season, though several games were rescheduled amid outbreaks.

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