Nine Sooners test positive after being away from the football team

[3rdCoastClone]

It is being reported that after given a one week hiatus away from football, nine Oklahoma players just came back to the team and tested positive for covid. Fortunately, now that they've returned to the controlled structure of football, the players will be given the proper medical care and testing.

They aren’t any safer from the virus if they don’t play.

Riley reports that nine Sooners have tested positive for COVID-19

Oklahoma head coach also says LB Caleb Kelly, DB Justin Harrington and DL Marcus Hicks will miss "a significant portion of the season"

www.si.com

 

[cycloneG]

Why did they not follow CDC guidelines?

 

[3GenClone]

Clemson had 37 players test positive over the course of a few weeks back in late June, and the ACC is still pressing forward with football. I think you are bound to see spikes everywhere this week. ISU had 2% of students (at least the ones that wiill be living on campus) test positive at move in over the past two weeks.

 

[3GenClone]

Riley reports that nine Sooners have tested positive for COVID-19

Oklahoma head coach also says LB Caleb Kelly, DB Justin Harrington and DL Marcus Hicks will miss "a significant portion of the season"

www.si.com

 

[jdoggivjc]

 

[Acylum]

Riley reports that nine Sooners have tested positive for COVID-19

Oklahoma head coach also says LB Caleb Kelly, DB Justin Harrington and DL Marcus Hicks will miss "a significant portion of the season"

www.si.com

Geez, only 25% actually left campus and they accounted for the positives. That’s not good, assuming we’re talking about ~20 players.

 

[CyCloned]

It is being reported that after being given a one week hiatus away from football, nine Oklahoma players just came back to the team and tested positive for covid. Fortunately, now that they've returned to the structure of football, the players will be given the proper medical care and testing.

They aren’t any safer from the virus if they don’t play.

This is exactly what I have said all along. When they are with the team, working out, etc you can somewhat control their exposure. With changes to equipment you can change their exposure. It is when they get in the general public that they will have the best chance to be exposed.

Beyond all this, young healthy men with good access to medical care are way better off with or without Covid than the general public. Again, not having football is not a guarantee that players or coaches will avoid getting the virus, it is probably more likely they get it from other exposure outside the controlled environment without football.

 

[Cyforce]

This story shows we might as well play if they're going the extra mile to protect the players and at the same time there's no way in hell Iowa should be playing HS football this fall.

 

[Rabbuk]

I dont think this proves your thesis, I think it just proves players likely wont comply with rules anywhere.

 

[BCClone]

Clemson had 37 players test positive over the course of a few weeks back in late June, and the ACC is still pressing forward with football. I think you are bound to see spikes everywhere this week. ISU had 2% of students (at least the ones that wiill be living on campus) test positive at move in over the past two weeks.

I hadn’t seen the second weeks number. I saw 66 the first week, what were second weeks.

 

[3GenClone]

I hadn’t seen the second weeks number. I saw 66 the first week, what were second weeks.

It was 70-something - KCCI had it yesterday. I'm looking for it now.

Found it: 75 out of 3,472 tested between Aug 7 and Aug 13

Iowa State says 75 more students test positive for COVID-19

The university is testing all students living in residence halls or on-campus housing at they move in before classes start Monday.

www.kcci.com

 

[Cyforce]

I dont think this proves your thesis, I think it just proves players likely wont comply with rules anywhere.

Not sure which you disagree with.

A) players are as likely to be infected in the general public and having protocols and frequent testing may actually protect them.

B) HS players that won't have near the protocol should be nowhere near the field this fall.

 

[CNECloneFan]

Play football, get Covid. Live on campus, get Covid. Go home, get Covid.

Might as well play football...

 

[Gunnerclone]

We’ve given up (not that we really tried to not give up). Might as well have football while we all die.

 

[madguy30]

I dont think this proves your thesis, I think it just proves players likely wont comply with rules anywhere.

Just wait until the social circle expands beyond the football team in about 2 weeks.

The focus on football only will be quite a challenge.

We'll see.

 

[Beyerball]

Every HC of teams playing needs to relay msg of “ for next 3 months you need to live in bubble with your teammates... if you don’t and u test positive you won’t play rest of year”...

if HCs put smack down on then cfball could happen... Wishful thinking with 18-22 yr olds.

new saliva testing I’m gonna assume nearly every campus will implement ASAP and this should help exponentially

 

[Pope]

Iowa State's football season won't be stopped because too many players test positive. It will be stopped because the University will be forced to go all online since way too many of the 30,000+ other students are totally ignoring the University's pleas to act responsibly.

Classes haven't even started yet and already I can't believe what I'm seeing on and around campus. The only question is how far into the fall semester will we get before everyone has to go home.

 

[theshadow]

It was 70-something - KCCI had it yesterday. I'm looking for it now.

Found it: 75 out of 3,472 tested between Aug 7 and Aug 13

Iowa State says 75 more students test positive for COVID-19

The university is testing all students living in residence halls or on-campus housing at they move in before classes start Monday.

www.kcci.com

2.2% the first week.
2.2% the second week.

The consistency is remarkable, but I suppose there's something to be said for over 6,500 data points (to date).

 

[Spam]

Iowa State's football season won't be stopped because too many players test positive. It will be stopped because the University will be forced to go all online since way too many of the 30,000+ other students are totally ignoring the University's pleas to act responsibly.

Classes haven't even started yet and already I can't believe what I'm seeing on and around campus. The only question is how far into the fall semester will we get before everyone has to go home.

Seems like universities pretty much expect that. They just want to make it past the last date when partial tuition refunds are still possible.

 

[CNECloneFan]

Seems like universities pretty much expect that. They just want to make it past the last date when partial tuition refunds are still possible.

And room and board. THAT is the real story - nation wide...