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- Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tested positive for the COVID-19 last week.
- The player was unvaccinated against COVID-19.
- The NFL has fined the Packers, Rodgers, and receiver Allen Lazard for violating COVID-19 policies.
The NFL has fined the Green Bay Packers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, as well as receiver Allen Lazard for violating COVID-19 policies, ESPN reported.
The Packers were fined $300,000 and Rodgers and Lazard were each fined $14,650.
The NFL did not respond to Insider's email request for comment at the time of publication but NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Hill that unvaccinated players are not allowed to gather outside the club facility in a group of more than three players.
ESPN reported that Rodgers and Lazard attended a Halloween party away from the club facility. Additionally, ESPN reported that Rodgers did not wear a mask during news conferences despite being unvaccinated.
Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
"We respect the League's findings and we recognize the importance of adherence to the COVID protocols to keep our team and organization safe and healthy," Packers president Mark Murphy said in a statement to ESPN. "We will continue to educate the team regarding the importance of the protocols and remain committed to operating within the protocols."
McCarthy told the Hill that the team was "fully cooperative in the investigation into violations of the collectively bargained NFL-NFLPA protocols."
He added that players were warned that further violations could result in more disciplinary action, however noted that while there was a few instances of Rodgers and Lazard not wearing masks inside club facilities but said there were "no widespread or systemic mask-wearing violations."