Alabama football: At least five players have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus

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In Already Unfair System, Ohio State Football Players May Have Just Assumed The Risk Of Contracting COVID-19

The fact that such a document [Buckeye Pledge] even exists in today’s era of college football, where big-time athletics programs such Ohio State already profit handsomely off the work product of their unpaid college athletes is, in itself, troubling. According to this article that appeared in Forbes, the Ohio State University’s athletics program enjoys three-year average annual revenues of $132 million and three year average annual profits of $52 million. Clearly, the university could bear the legal risks to their college athletes if they choose to offer football in COVID-19.
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Vol8188 said:
You realize this is a thread about people under 24 (maybe 1 or 2 really old Chris Weinke’s) getting covid? At no point have I mentioned attendance in this thread. But thanks for sharing
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Yea, but a football team can't prepare for a game or a season without coaching, assistance, or planning from many people who are much older than 24. That's even a season with no fans. Your response that I responded to was about OVERALL Covid cases and not just under 24 years of age.

I am wanting football, and I am not even saying we won't have football. But, the only way that people under 24 really matter is if they live in a vacuum. It's a little more complicated than what you suggest. You are welcome for playing.
 
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Mutation Could Make Virus More Infectious

Analysts at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida say a mutation they’ve discovered affects the spike protein, the outer coating of the virus that it uses to get into cells.

The change could make it easier for the virus to infect human cells.

More research is needed, but some experts worry this could alter how the pandemic plays-out.
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American Athletic Conference to require COVID-19 testing in fall

Aresco said the AAC wants a “certain level of uniformity” in safety protocols once seasons begin.

“When it comes to the season, you’re going to have to have some standard protocols if everybody is going to feel confident when they play each other,” Aresco added. “We’re going to make sure the non-conference teams we play are essentially meeting our minimum standards. Our minimum standards are going to be very, very important.”
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Bison student-athlete tests positive for coronavirus

The North Dakota State athletic department didn’t have to wait real long to put its COVID-19 protocol into action. A Bison student-athlete has tested positive for the coronavirus, said athletic director Matt Larsen.

The person is being quarantined for 14 days, or until having a negative test result. Larsen said he can’t reveal the identity of the player because of student privacy laws but said the person is doing well.

“He complained of some symptoms and that’s why we had him tested,” Larsen said.
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Win Big Media's
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says COVID-19 cases that don't result in hospitalizations will become the CFB norm. But, "If we have one player who is sent to the hospital, or if you have one death of a college football player from COVID-19, that will send season into tailspin."
 
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Fulmer's right to hope, but a full Neyland Stadium seems a reach

Pressed on the issue of having a full stadium for the Sept. 5 season opener against visiting Charlotte, Fulmer replied: "That's the desire, yes." ...
And let's say you're brazen enough to put 80,000 or so inside Neyland for the opener and half of them come down with the coronavirus as the result of that decision, and a couple of thousand of those folks later die. What then? Are we so certain that can't or won't happen? Are we so starved for big-time college football that we throw all caution to the wind for our long-term health and the health of those around us?

Beyond that, what of the athletes on the field? Athletes breathing on each other, sweating on each other, possibly even bleeding on each other?
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Bama player confirms testing rumors, gives inside look into COVID-19 precautions

"This week, however, a player from the Alabama football team, who requested to be anonymous, gave details about COVID-19 testing and also revealed some of the steps the team is taking during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure players are ready for the 2020 season.

“The first group of guys that tested positive – anyone around them had to quarantine,” the player said. “They did another test a few days later and some of those guys tested positive.”
 
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