Die universiteitsvoetbalseisoen blyk te wees in 'n wanorde na 'n 15de Divisie I-wedstryd, geskeduleer vir hierdie Saterdag, is weens Covid-19 afgelas.
Die wedstryd tussen Utah by UCLA is die laaste wat afgelas is. The Pac-12 Conference made the announcement Friday, citing Utah’s football program not having the minimum amount of scholarship players available due to positive Covid-19 tests and additional student-athletes placed in isolation under contact tracing protocols.
“Our community is especially hard-hit right now by this virus, and our team and our department have been doing everything possible to follow protocols and avoid the spread of the virus,” Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan said in a statement, “We were doing very well, day-by-day, and it is extremely difficult for our student-athletes and coaches that they will not be able to compete again this week.”
Volgens NCAA.com, 15 van die 49 football games that were scheduled to kick off Saturday were either postponed or canceled due to Covid-19 issues.
The announcement came just one day after the Southeastern Conference postponed multiple football games — with seven originally scheduled and only three still set to play — all because of Covid-19.
The number of Covid-19 cases is rising in almost every state, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting there will be 260,000 aan 282,000 coronavirus deaths by December 5, according to a forecast published Thursday.
There are currently at least 10.5 million cases of coronavirus in the US and more than 242,000 have already died, volgens to Johns Hopkins University data.
