Isaiah McKenzie is a 26-year-old professional football player. Cole Beasley is a 32-year-old professional football player. They both play for the Buffalo Bills. Both men are unvaccinated, much like the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins and the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. All of the NFL teams have been in preseason training camps for weeks now, and from what I’ve seen, no team is having a good preseason. Mostly because there are prominent team members who refuse to get vaccinated, refuse to wear a mask and then whine about getting fined or sent home for the week when they have some kind of close contact. So it is within the Bills. Both McKenzie and Beasley refuse to get vaxxed, refuse to wear masks properly, and now they’re acting like a–holes because they’re getting fined:
The Buffalo Bills are in the news once again Thursday morning in relation to COVID-19. Per usual, that news is not becoming to the franchise. Wide receivers Isaiah McKenzie and Cole Beasley were each fined $14,650 by the NFL for not wearing masks indoors earlier this week at the team facility, a requirement for all people who are not vaccinated.
Both took to Twitter to reveal that news Thursday with McKenzie posting a copy of the letter he received, mocking it and asking fans to “pray for me.”
All this a day after the Bills had a vaccinated member of the training staff test positive which forced the team to send home six players, including Beasley, who were deemed to be close contacts, even though they tested negative, as per NFL and NFLPA agreed upon protocols.
Two of those players, linebackers Matt Milano and A.J. Klein, were allowed to return to practice Wednesday because their contact was to a lesser degree. But Beasley, fellow wide receiver Gabriel Davis, and defensive tackles Vernon Butler and Star Lotulelei, will not be able to return until after Saturday’s game against the Packers, provided they continue to test negative.
Now that they have been fined for not wearing masks, Beasley and McKenzie are subject to repeat offender penalties. Another violation will cost them a week of regular-season pay, which is much more than $14,650, particularly for Beasley. A third offense could result in a four-game suspension.
I’m including some of the tweets below because these grown men are incredibly stupid and selfish. Cole Beasley especially, because his unvaccinated ass doesn’t understand how he was in close contact with someone vaccinated who tested positive for Covid. Why is it so f–king hard for these bros? Just get vaccinated and wear your mask properly.
Holy sh-t Cole sounds absolutely bonkers & stupid.
Don’t worry they got me too. But I was wearing a mask when I was in close contact with fully vaxxed trainer who tested positive and still got sent home. So what’s the point of the mask anyways? Meanwhile I’m here still testing negative and can’t come back. Make it make sense. https://t.co/VGzoy0ljb4
— Cole Beasley (@Bease11) August 26, 2021
So I can go around infecting everyone without anybody knowing it? No thank you. The vaccinated is why I am at home right now. He got sick and I didn’t. Why would I get it?
— Cole Beasley (@Bease11) August 26, 2021
Im gonna exhaust all options before retiring and try to change as much as I can for the other unvaccinated players. They are not protected at all. They have to protect themselves from the vaccinated players and staff. Which is almost impossible since they’re tested 1/14 days.
— Cole Beasley (@Bease11) August 26, 2021
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