US Bank Stadium, home of the NFL’s Minnesota VIkings. / Photo by Chad Davis via (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Flickr
According to recent reports the Minnesota Vikings have cut ties with their assistant coach Rick Dennison over his refusal to get vaccinated.
ESPN first reported that Dennison had left the team after refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. ESPN also reported that the vaccine is mandatory for all coaches, front office executives, and scouts.
From The Daily Caller:
According to ESPN, Dennison has left the team after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine is mandatory for all coaches, front office executives and scouts, according to the same report. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
It’s believed that Dennison is the first person in the NFL to lose his job for refusing to get the vaccine.
After refusing to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, Rick Dennison is out as a Vikings assistant coach, sources told @CourtneyRCronin.
Dennison is believed to be the first NFL position coach to part ways with his team after choosing not to receive a vaccine. https://t.co/IcdgzQQ3LQ
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 23, 2021
The Minnesota Vikings later released a statement that the team would “continue to hold discussions” with Dennison about the situation.
This is a wild situation, and I definitely didn’t expect this to happen. There’s been a ton of chatter about what might happen if someone doesn’t get vaccinated in the NFL, and we now know what will happen if a coach doesn’t.
schmed you make no sense. i didnt see anything about kneeling in the article. I take offense when they do so i turn it off.
The comparison with players protesting is ridiculous. No one’s life or health is put in jeopardy bya player taking a knee. And the reest of you had better rewthink your puerile, knee-jerk concept of “freedom” Would you have children not to have to get vaccines to attend school?
The America we knew is dissolving before our eyes. The freedoms we all took for granted are all being taken away. We are now experiencing what we used to only see on tv in communist/socialist controlled countries. The stories gave us pause and a shake of our heads but we went on enjoying our freedoms. Those days are gone and we are now descending down the socialist slope of no return.
DON’T buckle under. Stand up for your rights. Prayers are with you. Remain strong. “If not now, when. If not me, who?”
Funny how players have the right to protest on game-day about perceived injustices of others, but coaches don’t have the rights over their own bodies. What is the abortionists creed? My body,, my choice!
I have found over the last 4 years that life without the NFL is much more enjoyable and much less stressful. Hopefully he has built up a good financial nest egg that he won’t be stressed about not having a pay check, but the rest of his life is about to be much improved. And good for him in standing his ground on not being forced to take a vaccine not properly or thoroughly tested.
It is FEDERAL LAW that nobody can be FORCED to submit to medical EXPERIMENTS. Since these vaccines are classified as “experimental”, to punish someone for refusing them is a violation of the law.
But, in Communist America, laws don’t count anymore do they, Comrades?
Communists P.O.S.