Kyrie Irving still prevented from playing in New York due to additional NBA vax mandate

It has come to light that, even if the indoor vaccine requirements are removed from NYC on March 7, Nets star player Kyrie Irving will still not be allowed to play home games at the Barclay Center.

"NYC will drop one COVID mandate that will allow Kyrie Irving to now enter the Barclays Center, but a different COVID mandate will still prevent him from playing. This is a great example of how ridiculous COVID vaccine mandates are and why they need to go away," states the caption to the below tweet.

NYC's Mayor Eric Adams has previously released a statement saying that "as long as COVID indicators show a low level of risk and we see no surprised this week, on Monday, March 7, we will also left" the indoor vaccine mandate, which has been in place in the city for months as of the time of this writing.

It appears, however, that "the issue there is a private-sector mandate that impacts the Nets, and impacts Kyrie Irving." The mandate affects Irving directly, since he is "an employee of the Brooklyn nets."

Ironically, under the current scheme, "Irving will be able to attend games at the Bacrlays Center as a spectator, be in the stands, sit around his teammates, but he won't be able to play in the games."

Sports personality and journalist Stephan A. Smith, had an even stronger take on the subject:

"Kyrie Irving should have never been prevented or prohibited from playing a game at the Barclays Center this season," stated Smith, then focusing his sights on Mayor Adams:

"The City of New York's rule is bogus, it is ridiculous, and it has no business being in place. And Eric Adams, the mayor, who I like, by the way, needs to step up and handle his business in this regard, in this specific regard."

"We're all in or we're out," concluded Smith, regarding COVID restrictions and New York City's current double standard.