Two Edmonton Elks players test positive for COVID - TSN

TSN.ca Staff with Canadian Press files

Two Edmonton Elks players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to TSN's Farhan Lalji. 

One of the players was on the team’s active roster.

Lalji adds that every player on the team was once again tested Friday morning and the team is expecting the results before Saturday. The Elks open their 2021 season at home against the Ottawa RedBlacks on Saturday night on TSN.

More on #Elks: Two players tested positive. One of the players was on active roster, one wasnt. Every player on the team has been retested this morning & the results should come back later tonight. The original tests were taken yesterday morning & came back last night. @CFLonTSN

— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) August 6, 2021

The Elks were forced to cancel their Friday morning walkthrough and media availability due to COVID-19 protocols.

However, there are currently no concerns about Saturday’s game being cancelled.

"The Edmonton Elks are continuing to prepare for tomorrow's scheduled home opener against the Ottawa RedBlacks," a team release said. "The team's walkthrough scheduled for today was cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols, but players, coaches, and staff are at the facility today in preparation for tomorrow's game."

Additionally, two members of the Calgary Stampeders - linebacker Silas Stewart and defensive lineman Stefen Banks - are in COVID protocol and will miss the season opener against the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday. 

Both players were originally on the active roster. Banks was a starter. Same timing as #Elks. Team tested Thurs morning, results came back last night. The whole team PCR tested again this morning. Results to come back tonight. Difference is #Stamps held their walk through. @cfl https://t.co/jHlqewvjqB

— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) August 7, 2021

Under the CFL’s COVID-19 policy, if a contest is cancelled because of COVID-19 issues and can't be rescheduled, the club suffering from the COVID-19 issues will forfeit a 1-0 loss. Should both squads have issues, they'll forfeit the game and be assigned losses.

In either scenario, if a team can prove at least 85 per cent of its players under contract have been vaccinated, at least once, the players will receive their salary for the cancelled game. If that figure falls below 85 per cent, players won't be paid.

The policy has been criticized by the CFL Players' Association, which called the policy's contents "unreasonable."

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2021-08-06 22:24:42Z
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