Major League Baseball players who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 won’t be allowed to enter Canada to play games because of the country’s current coronavirus restrictions.
As part of the recent collective bargaining agreement between the MLB and the players’ union, players who can’t enter Canada because of their vaccination status will temporarily go on the league’s restricted list for salary and service time.“As everyone knows, we appreciate and respect the decisions that are made, particularly when in regard to player health and community health,” he said.
Current Canadian border rules don’t allow unvaccinated foreign visitors to enter the country without special exemptions. A special status for unvaccinated athletes, which allowed them to cross the border in 2021, expired in January, the newspaper reported. With the new policy, some players may have to sit out key games against the Toronto Blue Jays, who open the season at home on April 8 against the Texas Rangers. The agreement covering unvaccinated players and travel to Canada expires at the end of the 2022 season, according
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