Tampa Bay Buccaneers Release Statement Regarding Antonio Brown’s For ‘Misrepresenting Vaccination Status’

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were one of the first NFL teams to announced that they had achieved 100 percent vaccination Statius for their entire roster over the summer.

At least that’s what they thought.

On Thursday, it was announced that the National Football League would be suspended wide receiver Antonio Brown and safety Mike Edwards three games for falsifying their vaccination status.

National Football League announced today discipline of three players for violating jointly developed and administered NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols.
Tampa Bay's Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards have each been suspended without pay for the next three games.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 2, 2021

NFLPA represented the three players during a joint NFL-NFLPA review into the recent allegations that players misrepresented their vaccination status under the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 Protocols. Review supported those allegations and found that the three players violated the protocols.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 2, 2021

Following the announcement of the suspensions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers released this statement regarding the matter:

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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 2, 2021

For the time being, Brown and Edwards are still with the team, but that could certainly change over the coming hours or days. 

It would not shock us at all if the Bucs decided to cut both players for lying. This is clearly an issue that the league and the NFLPA both agree should be taken seriously, and you’d have to think that the players in the Bucs’ locker room (especially Tom Brady) won’t being lied to by their teammates about a serious health matter that affects them all.