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The NFL previously told teams they could face forfeits if any outbreaks are attributable to unvaccinated players or staffers and affected games can’t be rescheduled.

FOR NFL TEAMS WITH UNVACCINATED QUARTERBACKS, THIS COULD BE A LONG, COMPLICATED SEASONMARK MASKEAUGUST 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST

When prisoners learned from Zimbardo that they would have to forfeit any money they’d already earned if they left before the experiment ended, their solidarity plummeted, and the guards crushed their resistance.

PSYCHOLOGY HAS STRUGGLED FOR A CENTURY TO MAKE SENSE OF THE MINDBRUCE BOWERAUGUST 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWS

The government has essentially hired a bank to store and sell billions of dollars worth of forfeited cryptocurrency, including troves of bitcoin and ethereum.

FEDS ARE SEIZING CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM CRIMINALS. NOW THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.REBECCA HEILWEILJULY 30, 2021VOX

As part of the settlement, the company agreed to forfeit the objects, pay a $3 million fine and submit to federal oversight.

RARE ‘GILGAMESH’ TABLET, ONCE ON VIEW AT THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE, IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING RETURNED TO IRAQPEGGY MCGLONEJULY 29, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Instead, a team that can’t suit up enough players would forfeit the game.

THE NFL’S COVID PLAN PISSES OFF ANTI-VACCINE PLAYERS—BUT IT JUST MIGHT WORKROBERT SILVERMANJULY 23, 2021THE DAILY BEAST

Those who left the camp also forfeited their chance to compete.

THE OLYMPIC REFUGEE TEAM WAS CREATED TO OFFER HOPE. SOME ATHLETES ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM ITVIVIENNE WALTJULY 8, 2021TIME

If a World Cup home qualifier were abandoned, a team could end up forfeiting points and falling in the standings.

WITH MEXICO IN CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE, SOCCER AGAIN CONFRONTS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT MATCHESSTEVEN GOFFJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

In exchange for forfeiting the right to sue, parents were given a $100,000 “award” upfront and the promise of “medically necessary” care for the life of their child.

FLORIDA PROGRAM TO AID BRAIN-DAMAGED INFANTS PUBLICLY EMBRACES REFORMS IT ONCE FOUGHTBY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND DANIEL CHANG, MIAMI HERALDMAY 5, 2021PROPUBLICA

For every day schools do not meet the state reopening requirements, they forfeit 1 percent of the incentive funds.

5 TAKEAWAYS ON SCHOOLS’ CORONAVIRUS AID SPENDINGASHLY MCGLONEAPRIL 26, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

Players who were not in that high-risk group could also opt out and not be in breach of contract — though they would forfeit their salary and service time.

THESE 25 PLAYERS OPTED OUT OF MLB IN 2020. HOW ARE THEY DOING IN 2021?NEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)APRIL 23, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

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