Leonard Fournette has a message for the National Football League regarding the COVID-19 vaccine: He’s not getting it.
Shortly after the NFL announced strong new penalties for teams that may be forced to forfeit games due to COVID-19, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back took to social media to declare he wasn’t going to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Vaccine I can’t do it……,” he said in a since-deleted tweet.
The NFL said if a team had a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the cancellation of a game, both teams would lose their game checks and the team dealing with the outbreak would also be subject to additional fines.
Over the offseason, the Bucs signed Fournette to a one-year contract worth $3.25 million. If the team decided to part ways with him, it would result in a $3.25 million dead cap hit this year.
With the Bucs, he ran for 367 yards and 6 touchdowns during the regular season. In the playoffs, he came alive and ran for 300 yards and three touchdowns across four games during the Bucs’ Super Bowl run.
