Cole Beasley announces he will not be following Covid protocols, willing to retire

[Buffalo Boy]

38 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

Regardless of where you stand on the subject - one of our stars outwardly saying he will not abide by the rules of the league is a huge issue. We're now facing, at best, a season where Cole will be fined and suspended on the regular. Think we seriously need to prepare for a season without him, at this point. 

It never fails!!!

We don’t need a distraction this season. Our best SB chance in decades.
Cole Beasley : “Hey Y’all, watch this!”

Mods, here it comes😐

 

[Warcodered]

Just now, Buffalo Boy said:

It never fails!!!

We don’t need a distraction this season. Our best SB chance in decades.
Cole Beasley : “Hey Y’all, watch this!”

Mods, here it comes😐

 

To be fair this all hopefully gets sorted out before Training Camp.

 

[GETTOTHE50]

I loved Beas. He’s a warrior out there on the field and a good teammate. But goddamn is he an idiot about this vaccine and COVID-19 *****. If he retires then so be it and get the hell outta here cause of I’m tired of his crap

[Process]

2 minutes ago, Boxcar said:

Sometimes it amazes me how foreign empathy is to some people. Not everyone thinks like you, and not everyone values the same things you do. I hate to say this, but that doesn't automatically make them a bad person. Someone actually took Cole's stance, not on general vaccines, but on just this particular one and compared it directly to people who picket the funerals of gay people. Like, what?

In the past two days Cole Beasley has

-compared Covid to the flu and car crashes

-claimed to have immunity from covid because he beat the odds to become an NFL player

-dismissed people dying from Covid as God's will

 

I can respect other opinions. I can't respect idiocy.

[stevestojan]

Did we keep Smoke’s cell number? I heard it’s unbearably hot in Vegas. 

[SCBills]

38 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

It's not a matter of getting vaxed or not. It's a matter of Cole saying "I won't abide by the regulations put in place by the league". And he IS alone in saying that so far. It's one thing to not get vaxed. It's another to not get vaxed and then publicly say he won't follow the rules that state you'll be fined and suspended for not following.

Fair enough, but he’s still on the correct side of this issue in my book.  It’s all theater at this point.   Everyone knows the NFL won’t have “COVID protocols” moving forward as an every year thing.   They could simply just be normal, but of course public perception and a divided country won’t allow that.... right now. 

[Teddy KGB]

18 minutes ago, Process said:

So we could sign Steven Nelson AND trade for Ertz? Sign me up!

Kinda weird how everyone’s forgetting how good Beasley was for us last season.   
 

 

[CaliBills]

someone is losing it a touch.  

 

We need to go back to a world where social media doesn't exist.  Time Machine where you at??

[Warcodered]

1 minute ago, Process said:

In the past two days Cole Beasley has

-compared Covid to the flu and car crashes

-claimed to have immunity from covid because he beat the odds to become an NFL player

-dismissed people dying from Covid as God's will

 

I can respect other opinions. I can't respect idiocy.

also this.

 

[Jauronimo]

4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I actually thought this last night too. I can only imagine the crap that we would have seen if that team in 1988 had social media accounts.

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[CaptnCoke11]

31 minutes ago, wppete said:

Got to respect a man who speaks his mind and stands by his principals. Good for Cole. 
 

 

Exactly.  I’d imagine the same people on here bashing him for his opinions are the same people shaming and bad mouthing people who don’t want to get vaccinated.  Hypocrisy at its finest. 

[Warcodered]

1 minute ago, Teddy KGB said:

Kinda weird how everyone’s forgetting how good Beasley was for us last season.   
 

 

Beasley is a great player but he's terrible when he's suspended just like everyone else.

[YoloinOhio]

4 minutes ago, Process said:

In the past two days Cole Beasley has

-compared Covid to the flu and car crashes

-claimed to have immunity from covid because he beat the odds to become an NFL player

-dismissed people dying from Covid as God's will

 

I can respect other opinions. I can't respect idiocy.

You should see urban meyer’s wife on Twitter. She has similar stance. Very loud about it. 

[DrDawkinstein]

“I’m not going to take meds for a leg that isn’t broken”

 

I guarantee if there was medication to prevent broken legs he would take it in an instant.

[stevestojan]

2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Beasley is a great player but he's terrible when he's suspended just like everyone else.

You reply was not God’s will. He’ll be great when suspended. 

[Augie]

4 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:

Kinda weird how everyone’s forgetting how good Beasley was for us last season.   
 

 

 

Why couldn’t this be some guy buried deep on the depth chart? I don’t care what he does or how he feels about it…..as long as he plays and doesn’t hurt the team. 

[YoloinOhio]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Fair enough, but he’s still on the correct side of this issue in my book.  It’s all theater at this point.   Everyone knows the NFL won’t have “COVID protocols” moving forward as an every year thing.   They could simply just be normal, but of course public perception and a divided country won’t allow that.... right now. 

I know for a fact that these are “guidelines” and they are fluid. The league wants the players to get the vaccine. They don’t want to deal with rescheduling games. That’s the main thing. Whether they will really discipline someone who doesn’t follow the protocols is likely going to be left to the team. Just what I’ve heard. 

[stevestojan]

Does anyone know how we eradicated Polio? God’s will, correct? Asking for a friend. 

[DrDawkinstein]

6 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:

Kinda weird how everyone’s forgetting how good Beasley was for us last season.   
 

 

 

No we arent. He'd be great to have, and I wish/hope we do.

 

But if he is going to refuse to follow protocol, then AT BEST, he spends part of the season suspended. And AT WORST, he brings a COVID varient into the locker room and kills our season.

 

As good as he was, he isnt worth that risk.

[UB2SF]

Imagine if Bease was a free agent. No way in hell Beane and McDermott would sign him. This is about as contrary to The Process as he could be.

[Jauronimo]

1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:

“I’m not going to take meds for a leg that isn’t broken”

 

I guarantee if there was medication to prevent broken legs he would take it in an instant.

Something tells me he didn't wait until he had measles, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, varicella, and meningococcal until he got those shots. 

[Buftex]

7 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:

Kinda weird how everyone’s forgetting how good Beasley was for us last season.   
 

 

He was awesome, maybe my MVP for the season.. but I still think he is being a jerk.  

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, Victory Formation said:

He’s a great player. I don’t really like his attitude or him as a person, but on this issue I think he’s right. You can’t force vaccines on people man. What’s next? We all get the RFDI chip? Cmon. COVID is so overblown and the fact that our government has screwed so many small businesses by enforcing this unlawful shutdown is frightening. People are millions and millions of dollars in debt with no way out because of this BS. Enough.

 

They arent forcing vaccines. They are allowing the choice. But each choice has consequences. Get the vaccine and risk whatever perceived safety/health risks might come from it. Or dont get the vaccine, and follow these protocols.

 

Cant have a decision with no consequences. That's not how adult life works.

[Back2Buff]

The issue is that the vaccine isn't 100% at preventing COVID.

 

Beasley's lack of respect for the protocols will play an impact on teammates who had the vaccine.

 

He needs to be sat down ASAP and determine if he wants to retire so the team can move on.  This can't prolong.

 

 

[Rico]

Much to my surprise, Beasley has been great for the Bills, and I like having him on the team... but high-motor lunch-pail WRs really need to know their role and shut their mouth. If this is how it's going to be, NEXT!

[Hapless Bills Fan]

26 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Fair enough, but he’s still on the correct side of this issue in my book.  It’s all theater at this point.   Everyone knows the NFL won’t have “COVID protocols” moving forward as an every year thing.   They could simply just be normal, but of course public perception and a divided country won’t allow that.... right now. 

 

If the NFL/NFLPA protocols are being driven by "public perception", then you have a point.  The NFLPA leaders are asserting in their press releases that the players don't want to get sick with covid-19 and want the NFL to have protocols to protect them from infection.  There is evidence of long term impacts on athletes from mild or asymptomatic infections, including 5 out of 729 infected pro athletes who acquired myocarditis/pericarditis that lasted more than a couple weeks last season.  That's 0.7%, way higher than any incidence from vaccines, and that's only one effect - it's not the lasting pulmonary effects that Myles Garrett had and so forth.  

 

I think the stance that NFLPA has legitimate health concerns deserves the benefit of the doubt as being genuine at this time.

 

[StHustle]

I support Cole on this. If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything. He is simply saying he won't let the NFL control his actions outside the facility. With restrictions lifted everywhere I don't blame him. If you're so worried about it then YOU go get vaxed. 

 

At the end of the day...standing firm on what you believe is more important than money or being other peoples entertainment.

[Nelius]

Those tweets man, so much cringe. God’s will? Regardless of opinion on the primary argument, he really should shut up for a variety of reasons.

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, StHustle said:

I support Cole on this. If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything. He is simply saying he won't let the NFL control his actions outside the facility. With restrictions lifted everywhere I don't blame him. If you're so worried about it then YOU go get vaxed. 

 

At the end of the day...standing firm on what you believe is more important than money or being other peoples entertainment.

 

You do understand the NFL already greatly controls players actions outside of the facility, right?

[Jauronimo]

 

Just now, StHustle said:

I support Cole on this. If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything. He is simply saying he won't let the NFL control his actions outside the facility. With restrictions lifted everywhere I don't blame him. If you're so worried about it then YOU go get vaxed. 

 

At the end of the day...standing firm on what you believe is more important than money or being other peoples entertainment.

Vaccines have been the price of admission for decades.  There is no way you can attend public schools and private university in this country without a host of vaccinations.  

[Hapless Bills Fan]

56 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

I don’t agree that he should be cut but I also don’t think Beane CAN cut him due to the issues he had with his interview awhile back about whether he would cut an unvaccinated player. That would be a much bigger PR nightmare than whatever Beasley is doing on his own.

 

I don't think he could cut Beasley for being unvaccinated, but if the NFL and NFLPA want their protocols to be taken seriously, then they really can't have a veteran player who is looked up to by the team, publicly thumbing his nose and saying he won't follow the protocols.  That's way different than cuttlng a player to get to a vaccine threshold, IMO.

[Malazan]

NFL Players take a knee: SHUT UP AND PLAY FOOTBALL!

NFL Player won't get vaccine : LISTEN TO THIS MAN! HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT!

 

C'mon folks, at least be on the same side of your own issues.

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I don't think he could cut Beasley for being unvaccinated, but if the NFL and NFLPA want their protocols to be taken seriously, then they really can't have a veteran player who is looked up to by the team, publicly thumbing his nose and saying he won't follow the protocols.  That's way different than cuttlng a player to get to a vaccine threshold, IMO.

 

This is already easily "behavior detrimental to the team/shield"

[Awwufelloff]

14 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

also this.

 

Excess mortality easily proves this. Some early estimates of excess mortality are around 10 million globally from covid

Edited June 18, 2021 by Awwufelloff

[FireChans]

7 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

No we arent. He'd be great to have, and I wish/hope we do.

 

But if he is going to refuse to follow protocol, then AT BEST, he spends part of the season suspended. And AT WORST, he brings a COVID varient into the locker room and kills our season.

 

As good as he was, he isnt worth that risk.

Lol the fearmongering will never end.

[wppete]

After reading his tweets from today I feel Cole retires. Just a guess. I wonder how many other players do the same? Should be an entertaining next few months that’s for sure. 

[billsfan89]

2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

You do understand the NFL already greatly controls players actions outside of the facility, right?

 

The NFL literally mandates what activities you do in the off-season on your own time. They mandate what drugs you can and can't put into your body regardless of legality, these protocols literally fall right in line with that. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, FireChans said:

Lol the fearmongering will never end.

 

Fearmongering? Did you not see what happened last season with reschedules and players having to sit out?

 

Grow up.

[Buftex]

3 minutes ago, Victory Formation said:

He’s a great player. I don’t really like his attitude or him as a person, but on this issue I think he’s right. You can’t force vaccines on people man. What’s next? We all get the RFDI chip? Cmon. COVID is so overblown and the fact that our government has screwed so many small businesses by enforcing this unlawful shutdown is frightening. People are millions and millions of dollars in debt with no way out because of this BS. Enough.

Nobody is forcing him to get the vaccine. Nobody. He does not have to.  But if he doesn't he will have to abide by league rules for players who are not vaccinated.  Is that so hard to understand?    Your expertise on all of this isn't relevant!

 

Let me ask, if you think the government ruined so many small businesses, did you cheer the ones that defied mask orders?  Sounds like you would have.  After all, the gobermint shouldn't decide, businesses should decide for themselves, sink or swim.  This is exactly what is going on here...a business (the NFL) has decided that they will implement different rules for vaccinated and un-vaccinated players. They are accommodating those who don't want to get vaccinated. 

[billsfan89]

Just now, wppete said:

After reading his tweets from today I feel Cole retires. Just a guess. I wonder how many other players do the same? Should be an entertaining next few months that’s for sure. 

 

I don't feel many will retire over this. Maybe Cole and a few others raise a stink about it but in the end these players windows to make good money are super limited even more so than most other sports. I doubt that many will retire.