The Big Ten’s presidents and chancellors never would have voted to green-light a fall football season without what they view as a foolproof coronavirus testing plan.
“The new medical protocols and standards put into place by the Big Ten Return To Competition Task Force were pivotal in the decision to move forward with sports in the conference,” said Morton Schapiro, Northwestern’s president who’s also the chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors.
What they came up with is extensive, all-encompassing, rigid and should prevent team-wide COVID-19 outbreaks.
All football players, coaches, trainers and anybody else on the field for all games and practices will begin undergoing daily coronavirus testing on Sept.