Jeff Teat placed on COVID-19 protocol list
The National Lacrosse League today confirmed that the New York Riptide have placed rookie forward Jeff Teat on the COVID-19 protocol list.
Teat was just named the league’s Rookie of the Week after his impressive NLL debut last Saturday against the Rochester Knighthawks, where he scored a hat trick and added four assists.
The Riptide rookie was the odds-on favourite to be named this year’s Rookie of the Year. Teat was selected first overall in the 2020 NLL Draft.
Ty Thompson has been added to the team’s active roster.
Earlier this year, the NLL published a COVID-19 policy & protocol document with the hope of helping protect the various individuals involved in the league against the contraction and spread of COVID-19. Click here to see the document.
Within the “Management of Symptomatic (and/or COVID-19-Positive) Persons” section of the document, and under the “Ending of Isolation” subsection, the league document states:
Players or Club personnel whose test has been confirmed positive shall remain in isolation until all of the following conditions have been satisfied:
If at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared, and at least 24 hours have passed since last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) have improved (with the exception of continued loss of taste or smell so long as other symptoms have improved).
In addition, the Club Physician and any other treating physician providing care to the individual, must conclude that the individual no longer presents a risk of infection to others, and that it is medically appropriate (given individual and local circumstances) to terminate the requirement for isolation.
The termination of the isolation requirement is consistent with applicable local public health regulations or other requirements.
New York visits the Philadelphia Wings tonight (7:30pm ET) and also host the Georgia Swarm (3:00pm ET) on Sunday in an early weekend double header for the second-year franchise. The Riptide currently sit 0-1 in the standings.
The NLL indicated to The Lax Mag that, “For player confidentiality and privacy, the League will not disclose the specifics about why the individual is in “COVID Protocol”.”