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Big Ten in trouble: Rutgers’ coronavirus outbreak expands, Northwestern pauses workouts, Indiana student’s heart condition
Things are not looking good for the Big Ten playing football in 2020.
As NJ Advance Media’s Keith Sargeant first reported Monday night, the number of COVID-19 cases connected with the Rutgers University football team nearly has doubled from 15 to 28 players.
There are multiple players with symptoms widely associated with the coronavirus, including fevers, headaches, and sore throats, two of the people said. There are also numerous players who are asymptomatic after testing positive last week, two of the people said.
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And Rutgers isn’t the only Big Ten program struggling with the coronavirus these days.
ESPN reports “Northwestern has paused workouts after one player tested positive for the coronavirus”
Workouts will be on hold until Wednesday at the earliest. The player who tested positive is self-isolating, while those who were in close contact with him must test negative before being cleared to return to activities. Northwestern held its last workout on Friday.
On Sunday, Deborah Rucker, the mother of an Indiana freshman football player shared a story on Facebook about how the offensive lineman, Brady Feeney, has developed a possible heart condition as a result of contracting COVID-19. The story quickly went viral.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Feeney tested positive for the coronavirus last month.
“After 14 days of hell battling the horrible virus, his school did additional testing on all those that were positive,” Rucker wrote. “My son even received extra tests because he was one of the worst cases. Now we are dealing with possible heart issues! He is still experiencing additional symptoms and his blood work is indicating additional problems. ... Bottom line, even if your son’s schools do everything right to protect them, they CAN’T PROTECT THEM!!”
On Monday, Rucker explained why she went public.
“The whole point of my Facebook post is because in Missouri, where we live, the state is not taking this as seriously as they should,” Rucker said Monday. “With everything Brady is going through and has been struggling through, it has been infuriating to me that people are not taking this seriously and not wearing masks.”
According to the Indianapolis Star, Feeney was “one of a handful of players” to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in July, triggering a two-week shutdown of the Hoosiers’ football program. Indiana resumed offseason workouts last week.
As for Rutgers, players currently are in isolation through Aug. 8, a day after the NCAA will allow training camps to open nationwide. The Big Ten has not yet determined when it will allow its member schools to open camps, but a decision and a revised conference-only schedule for the season is expected to be released on Tuesday.
guinpen:
Indiana State pauses workouts for 2 weeks after positive tests
Indiana State has paused football workouts for two weeks after six players tested positive for COVID-19.
Coach Curt Mallory told players, coaches and support staff that everyone must quarantine for 14 days. The athletic department issued a news release, saying none of the six players participated in Sunday's March for Justice because they -- and those in close contact with them -- had already been isolated.
The Sycamores also said the players do not live on campus.
Indiana State is at least the third team from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, a traditionally strong Football Championship Subdivision league, to pause workouts. "Our doctors and training staff instituted and followed strict protocols on monitoring and testing student-athletes,'' athletic director said Sherard Clinkscales.
guinpen:
UConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virus
https://www.wkbn.com/sports/uconn-becomes-1st-fbs-program-to-cancel-football-over-virus/
guinpen:
Big Sky planning for football games in spring, sources say
12:39 AM ET
The Big Sky Conference is moving forward with plans to play an eight-game conference schedule in the spring due to conditions from the coronavirus pandemic, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN, a move that would likely result in the cancellation of the 2020 FCS playoffs.
With the addition of the Pioneer League on Friday, seven other FCS football conferences have already canceled their fall seasons. And without the Big Sky's 13 teams, FCS would no longer have the number of participating teams necessary to conduct a championship event. On Wednesday, the NCAA announced "if 50% or more of eligible teams in a particular sport in a division cancel their fall season, there will be no fall NCAA championship in that sport in that division."
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The Big Sky Presidents' Council met Thursday to discuss the plan, which has not yet been finalized, and will reconvene Friday for further discussion about both football and the rest of the conference's fall sports slate, sources said.
"We have no announcement at this time," a conference spokeswoman said in an email Thursday.
In addition to the Pioneer League, the Ivy League, CAA, MEAC, Northeast,and Patriot League have all canceled their fall seasons, while the Southwestern Athletic Conference is planning for a seven-game spring football season. The NCAA announced Wednesday championships would be canceled for both Division II and III sports in the fall.
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