To cover the Notre Dame football team in-person in 2021, a journalist must be fully vaccinated.
For those who want to cover the Notre Dame football team in-person this season, a journalist must be fully vaccinated.
The university has mandated this for anybody wanting to cover the Fighting Irish in any sport, whether that is at practice, in press conferences or at games. While other notable schools are likely to follow Notre Dame’s lead here, this is not going over well by some people on Twitter. They have quite the negative reaction to Brett McMurphy of Stadium’s tweet from Wednesday.
What are some college football fans saying about Notre Dame’s vaccination requirements?
Notre Dame announces if you plan to cover the Fighting Irish (in any sport) during practice, press conferences or games at Notre Dame - you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 14, 2021
Notre Dame football requires journalists to be fully vaccinated to cover team
Some people are suggesting this is a way to keep those with certain political leanings and stances on vaccinations from being on the Notre Dame campus.
https://twitter.com/BobbyBallardYes/status/1415397015459139585
Kinda ironic a catholic school is mandating a vaccine made with stem cells.
— Spreadapedia (@Spreadapedia) July 14, 2021
Notre Lame
— michigan_man (@SETHDOWNBAD) July 14, 2021
Oh look. So cute. Norte Dame acting like they are important or have influence over anything.
— Damon (@DJDPCLAW) July 14, 2021
A few people are suggesting why even bother covering Notre Dame at this point?
Ridiculous
— Seth Packham (@smpackham) July 14, 2021
— rickpro13 (@rickpro13) July 15, 2021
CCP - Catholic Communist Party
— Girth Brooks (@GirthBrooksVol) July 14, 2021
I didnt need another reason to dislike Nortre Dame but stuff happens
— ibisville (@ibisville) July 15, 2021
Others are making snide comments about Notre Dame’s catholic affiliation when it comes to the university’s stance on getting vaccinated.
How very Pro-Life of them
— Ward (@BickfordCountry) July 15, 2021
Those monsters! Worse than our local hospitals.
— Nate (@Sunthas) July 14, 2021
Ultimately, this is going to be a divisive issue, as it is with anything related to COVID-19. Given that Notre Dame has the biggest fanbase of any college football program in the country, the university’s stance on having any journalist covering their team be vaccinated touches all corners of the nation. Notre Dame can make their own decisions.
While people are mad about Notre Dame’s new COVID protocols, they will have to deal with it.
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