The San Francisco 49ers have pushed back the reporting date for the team's rookies, who were initially scheduled to arrive tomorrow. They will now report on Thursday, July 23, along with the team's quarterbacks and injured players, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic.
The rest of the team is scheduled to report on Tuesday, July 28. Upon reporting, all players will undergo testing for COVID-19, and then await the results while the 49ers to figure out what they will and won't be able to do. Santa Clara County is reportedly reviewing the 49ers' plans and protocols to open and conduct training camp safely. The rest of the league remains scheduled to report for training camps as initially planned.
#49ers rookies were scheduled to report to training camp tomorrow. That's been pushed back to Thurs when QBs, injured players will report. All will be tested for COVID-19, then will sit tight while waiting for results. Rest of team to report/get tested on the 28th.
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) July 20, 2020
Chris Biderman of the Sacramento Bee initially reported over the weekend that the 49ers were informing players to expect a later report date. However, the draft of that story was mistakenly published early and then taken down.
The NFL Players Association has reportedly (at least partially) won its battle for daily testing. The NFL wanted COVID-19 testing to take place less frequently. Both Pro Football Talk and ESPN report that the league has given in to the players' demands on that front, with the latter reporting that testing will move to every other day after two weeks should positive-test rates fall.
There's an agreement between the NFL and NFLPA to conduct daily COVID-19 testing, per source with knowledge of situation. The players had pushed very hard for it.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 20, 2020
NFL and NFLPA have agreed on testing protocols. They will start with daily testing for the first two weeks, then go to every other day if the positive test rate falls below 5 percent. If it doesn't, they'll keep testing daily.
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) July 20, 2020
Update: Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area has provided a better timeline of 49ers players' reporting schedule.
Players testing schedule is:
-Day 1: Test and go home;
-Days 2 and 3: self quarantine - no tests;
-Day 4: second test.If both tests are negative, players can come to the complex and go inside.
Daily testing begins on Day 5 for at least the first 14 days.
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) July 20, 2020
Update: The NFL sent the following memo to NFL teams, outlining the plan for COVID-19 testing.
A memo that just went out outlining COVID-19 testing pic.twitter.com/RnJHRXQOKA
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 20, 2020
