The lawsuit notes that for the fall 2021 season, “no, or next to no, college football teams excluded the unvaccinated,” and cites various ESPN reports that mentioned unvaccinated student-athletes would undergo surveillance testing but there was no mention of a mandatory vaccine.
By September 2, 2021, ESPN demanded Faber get vaccinated by September 8, 2021. On September 9, 2021, she was fired.
Williams was informed in the summer of 2021 that she was required to receive a COVID vaccination or receive a religious exemption by August 1, 2021.
