I personally would like to see the mandates stay, it's supposed to be a stick, not a carrot. It never entirely made sense that they could only apply it to home teams. Like, the regulatory power they claimed was tied to employment but aren't visting players de facto NYC-based employees when they play there (earning wages, paying tax)?
I'm glad things are safer (at least for now) and I just spent two hours in a largely unmasked - but vax-required - indoor space. But every refusenik is still just hurting herd immunity and helping variants. We'll surely still see a lot of positives this season, the question is will there even be testing, or quarantines required?