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Michigan State placed all of its soccer players in quarantine or self-isolation for 14 days after a team member and a second staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.
The school said in a statement:
“As part of the athletics department’s return policy to campus, student athletes are quarantined when they come into close contact with a COVID-19 positive person. The university has designated available areas to house people in quarantine as needed based on student athlete living arrangements. “
Matt Charboneau @ @Mattcharboneau
After a second staff member tests positive for COVID-19, Michigan State announces that the entire soccer team will be quarantined / isolated for 14 days https://t.co/azhRPpT4TI
The NCAA Division I Council schools allowed hold limited practices for their soccer and basketball teams from June 1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To prepare for the 2020 football season, the group Ready a six-week schedule to constantly increase workouts.
With students slowly returning to campus, several schools announced that they had student athletes test positive for the coronavirus.
The board’s plan offered the option for coaches to require student athletes to train and attend team meetings for up to 20 hours per week starting Friday.
State of Michigan however Announced On Wednesday, he temporarily suspended all soccer practice after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.
The big ten Announced He was adopting conference-only schedules for his fall sports this season. However, Friday’s news casts further doubt on the feasibility of hosting a college football season before spring.
Heather Dinich @ @CFBHeather
If this were the season, the entire Michigan State team would miss two games. I currently don’t have an answer on how the league would handle that. Also a reminder that conference-only decisions can’t stop this, they just provide a window of flexibility in trying to react to it.
The Spartans were originally supposed The season will begin on September 5 against Northwestern. The school liza his schedule as “TBA” after the Big Ten announcement.
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