While the Jets are officially the subject of this year’s Hard Knocks, the HBO production will not include some of the same footage as in years past.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, New York is not allowing HBO to film some parts of training camp, including when the team informs players that they are cut, a departure from Hard Knocks episodes of years past.

“Hard Knocks will not be the same. They’re not going to be given the same access,” Schefter said, via Front Office Sports. “The Jets don’t believe it’s humane to show players being released.”

Many members of this Jets team have participated in Hard Knocks before, with the Jets as an organization having been the focus in 2010.

Additionally, Joe Douglas was featured on the first-ever Hard Knocks with the Ravens in 2001. That year, Douglas was a player personnel assistant, and part of his responsibilities was to retrieve players right before they were informed of their release. Douglas was nicknamed “The Turk” which he described as “The Grim Reaper.”

“You’re doing the dirty work of grabbing somebody to take them to get cut,” Douglas said during the episode. “This is not a good part of the business.”

Now that Douglas is the one doing the cutting, he may have decided that particular aspect of the job was too personal to publicize. New York reportedly did not want to be on Hard Knocks this year, but it did not meet the requirements to deny the choice.  

The first episode of the Hard Knocks season will air on Tuesday, August 8.