Football team orders handwashing crackdown before playoffs

KMBC.com reports that players with the Kansas City Chiefs football team have been ordered to wash their hands thoroughly with soap and hot water to keep anyone from getting sick.

Pro Bowl left guard Brian Waters missed a second straight practice Thursday as the Chiefs prepared to host Baltimore on Sunday in the first round of the AFC playoffs.

Pro Bowl wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was back after being out sick on Wednesday.

Coach Todd Haley said,

"We’ve had a re-emphasis lesson, kindergarten rules, wash your hands in warm water, two minutes. As always, we know we’re doing a good job in our building, trying the best we can to keep the germs out. Then you go home and it all gets thrown out the window in my case."