With every trend headed in the same direction — by Monday, 15 per cent of the NHL's on-ice workforce were under COVID-19 protocol — a big executive action became a matter of time, and not choice. (Players required to enter a league's health and safety protocols have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone who has. But dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks, which are increasingly common in the Age of Omicron, costs leagues and teams money. They help explain how somebody like Odell Beckham Jr. can light up the Cardinals on a Monday night, and land in COVID-19 protocol the next morning. If a pro athlete tests positive, they enter COVID-19 protocol, which nobody expects them to leave until they're healthy.

Source: CBC News December 22, 2021 18:40 UTC