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The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1
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<blockquote data-quote="orientalnc" data-source="post: 717447" data-attributes="member: 1199"><p>I want the football season to begin as much anyone, but I want to be honest with myself. I think young people in their 20s and 30s are certainly correct that their personal risks are manageable. The risk to everyone else they come in contact with is not. A 20 y/o football player may feel great and never know if he has the virus unless he is tested. (A side note here: the current nasal swabs are returning about 10% false negatives. A bunch of sailors on the US aircraft carrier tested negative after two weeks in isolation following a positive test and are now testing positive again. All were asymptomatic or mildly sick.)</p><p></p><p>The coaches and professors and university staff they have to deal with daily will be sharing the risk that these players are safe to be around, even if the players are not following the safe distancing recommendations. Maybe it will work. I certainly hope so. </p><p></p><p>My question for the board is, would you be willing to kick in for tests if the GTAA says the cost of adequate testing for the SAs in the fall is just too great? Would you be OK with just testing the football team and not the other athletes? If you walk into a medical clinic without insurance or symptoms, the COVID-19 test will cost more than $2,000. Maybe the GTAA can get a better price, buy they won't be free. Remember, we would be needing to do regular testing. Probably weekly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orientalnc, post: 717447, member: 1199"] I want the football season to begin as much anyone, but I want to be honest with myself. I think young people in their 20s and 30s are certainly correct that their personal risks are manageable. The risk to everyone else they come in contact with is not. A 20 y/o football player may feel great and never know if he has the virus unless he is tested. (A side note here: the current nasal swabs are returning about 10% false negatives. A bunch of sailors on the US aircraft carrier tested negative after two weeks in isolation following a positive test and are now testing positive again. All were asymptomatic or mildly sick.) The coaches and professors and university staff they have to deal with daily will be sharing the risk that these players are safe to be around, even if the players are not following the safe distancing recommendations. Maybe it will work. I certainly hope so. My question for the board is, would you be willing to kick in for tests if the GTAA says the cost of adequate testing for the SAs in the fall is just too great? Would you be OK with just testing the football team and not the other athletes? If you walk into a medical clinic without insurance or symptoms, the COVID-19 test will cost more than $2,000. Maybe the GTAA can get a better price, buy they won't be free. Remember, we would be needing to do regular testing. Probably weekly. [/QUOTE]
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