We are less than two months away from the scheduled start of the 2020 college football season, but as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of declining, and is instead increasing in terms of cases in certain areas across the country, it remains to be seen. if college sports can happen this year. According to NCAA President Mark Emmert, the data doesn’t look too hot.
On Thursday, the NCAA Institute of Sports Science released a new set of “back to sport” guidelines for schools, recommending “daily self-health checks,” the use of face covers, and Coronavirus testing and results within 72 hours of any “high contact” risk sports, “such as soccer. However, with case numbers increasing in many places, Emmert made it clear that there is no guarantee that soccer College or other fall sports really happen.
Today, sadly, the data is pointing in the wrong direction. If there are going to be college sports in the fall, we need to better manage the pandemic. ”
It’s okay to encourage a return to normalcy, as we all are, but the situation has changed dramatically in the past month, as the United States has surpassed 3.5 million cases of coronavirus in total and many states have resorted to policies of tighter lock in response. Earlier this week, LSU coach Ed Orgeron exposed Vice President Mike Pence that the country “needs” college football this year, and that it would be unfair to take away its players. Last month, more than 30 Orgeron players were reported to be quarantined.
Making professional sport work in the midst of a pandemic is one thing. The NBA can afford to drop millions a day in a bubble environment to protect its players. Keeping a team of over 100 players healthy in dozens of different university settings operating under diverse policies and with radically different resources at hand is a completely different problem, and one that is potentially insoluble.
Friday’s Biggest Winners: Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic
Former Pistons teammates Clippers and Sixers Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic are a fan-favorite duo, and close friends have been able to reunite within the NBA bubble at Disney World in Orlando. The couple had been through a fake social media drama after Boban landed with the Mavericks, but Marjanovic did everything right by sending Harris a birthday present.
Quick Hits: Danica and Aaron Rodgers broke up, Cowboys’ Dak Prescott mess and Daniel Snyder needs to go.
– After two years, Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers separated, according to a report by E!
– Our Steven Ruiz has a fascinating breakdown of how the Dallas Cowboys are betting against Dak Prescott and could end up paying an incredible price.
– After an explosive report by the Washington Post, it is once again clear that Washington NFL owner Daniel Snyder must compel the sale of his equipment.
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