University of Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley said Tuesday that the program would publicize information about coronavirus testing in the future, and said it would be the team’s “competitive advantage” at the start of its 2020 football season.
Jason Kersey of Athletic, who reported Riley’s comments, said the coach intended to “start treating those things as injuries when it comes to public disclosure,” with injury data in limited pre-game reports.
Oklahoma plans to open its season on Saturday and will play 10 games this season, adding opposing games to everyone else at the Big 12 Conference, which has bet on the continuation of the 2020 season.
There is no uniform formula for reporting coronavirus testing in school football.
Almost part of the groups that participated in Power Five conferences, the football school leagues, refused to provide verification data to ESPN in a recent survey.
Two of those conferences, Big Ten and Pac-12, canceled their 2020 seasons.
“If I were Oklahoma’s opponent, I’d like to know how many COVID cases your team had last week, for absolutely un strategic reasons,” Emory University epidemiologist Zachary Binney said. “Like, oh, I don’t know, say, the physical form of my own players. “
The resolution to play school football or was not a potential for controversy due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus. Many fitness experts oppose gambling during the season, but President Donald Trump has demanded that groups “play school football. “and asked the Big Ten to oppose their resolve to cancel the season. Wither or not reporting the effects of the Covid-19 tests also raises serious moral doubts among coaches and administrators. A sporting director, who chose to remain anonymous, told CBS Deportes that in connection with the report, “I don’t know if there’s anything morally convincing that forces us to do that. Not betting with other people you know are in poor physical condition is the morally compelling component of it. “The sporting director also said his show sent players he knew were inflamed by the flu a away game last season.
The Oklahoma Sooners have a high ranking at the start of this season, starting at number five on the AP Array ballot The 4 most sensitive groups on the ballot at the end of the season will move on to the school football playoffs, which are expected to continue. For now.
Almost part of Power Five will disclose knowledge of the COVID-19 check (ESPN)
Pac-12 and Big Ten cancel the 2020 season (Forbes)
Trump says “Play school football!” As plans for a seasonal cave in (Forbes)
College Football Groups Fight Ethics Of Reporting Positive Coronavirus Tests For Weeks (CBS Sports)
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