Seahawks require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for fans

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To be a 12 in 2021, a fan must satisfy one of two conditions.

The Seahawks have announced that, for the coming season, all persons over the age of 12 who attend games will be required to provide full proof of COVID vaccination or proof of a negative test within 72 hours in order to attend games.

Masks also are required at all times, except when eating or drinking in a stationary position.

For now, refunds won’t be made available to those who choose not to comply with the new policy. Transferring, reselling, or donating tickets will be the only options.

It remains to be seen whether the no-refund policy remains in place. The Saints initially declined to provide refunds, but they quickly relented.

28 responses to “Seahawks require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for fans

  1. How will a fan prove a negative test?
    I wonder if there will be a market for forged proof of vaccination or negative lab tests.

    It would be easier to require fans to wear masks.

  2. Good! If teams can get close to 100% vaccination rates, fans who want to watch should get there as well.

  3. wonderboy says:
    September 7, 2021 at 1:28 pm
    How will a fan prove a negative test?
    I wonder if there will be a market for forged proof of vaccination or negative lab tests.

    It would be easier to require fans to wear masks.

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    if you had read the article, you would have seen this paragraph:

    “Masks also are required at all times, except when eating or drinking in a stationary position.”

  4. Kudos to Seahawks management! Why can’t we go to this in every part of society? I can keep my “vaccination passport” with my “car driving passport” and my “live birth passport” and my “international travel passport”… etc, etc, etc…

  5. Goodell should make it an NFL wide mandate instead of promoting these games as superspreaders.

  6. touchback6 says:
    September 7, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    Goodell should make it an NFL wide mandate instead of promoting these games as superspreaders.
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    I guess you didn’t see the college games this weekend.

  7. The decibel levels will be what, 60% of normal when the “twelves” have to howl through their masks?

  8. For now, refunds won’t be made available to those who choose not to comply with the new policy.
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    I smell a class-action law suit coming!

  9. tqaztec says:
    September 7, 2021 at 2:03 pm
    touchback6 says:
    September 7, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    Goodell should make it an NFL wide mandate instead of promoting these games as superspreaders.
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    I guess you didn’t see the college games this weekend.

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    I guess you don’t realize Covid has a 10-14 day incubation period.

  10. While the Packers have 81,000 at their games, The Seahawks will only have 45,000! I’m all for it!

  11. At least these protected fans won’t contract COVID and will be able to smell
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    Steve Cunningham says:
    September 7, 2021 at 2:20 pm
    For now, refunds won’t be made available to those who choose not to comply with the new policy.
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    I smell a class-action law suit coming!

  12. This is a good first step; however, vaccinated people can also spread this virus. Having 60k of them shoulder-to-shoulder, with many of them not wearing masks (And we know that will happen despite the stadium “rules”), that’s the potential for another big outbreak.

  13. So the vaccinated that won’t be tested will actually be the people you should be concerned with. It will be the vaccinated that are the cause of canceled games.

  14. falconsgreat says:
    Lawyers, start your engines…
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    Probably, but tickets always have terms and conditions in fine print. I’d hope that the NFL would have added Covid-related terms and conditions, but it is a big company and big companies are frequently stupid about this kind of thing.

  15. Saints caught a ton of flak over this,and it was a city mandate,not the team. The refund aspect is a different story. Can’t walk and drink or eat at the same time. Forgot to add don’t run with scissors.

  16. As a season ticket holder, I applaud and support this decision. I don’t want unvaccinated people there and they shouldn’t be rewarded for being selfish jerks. As a lawyer, despite what some of you think, this policy will never be successfully challenged.

  17. The “freedom fighters” want to be treated equally with vaccinated people. Sorry, freedom like that is earned, not given. You earn it by getting vaccinated.

  18. studlysmartguy says:
    September 7, 2021 at 2:34 pm

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    I guess you don’t realize Covid has a 10-14 day incubation period
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    Much more precisely, you don’t realize Covid has a 2-14 day incubation period.

    Symptoms can occur after just two days after exposure, but the median time is 4-5 days for symptoms to onset.

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