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Pac-12 announce daily COVID-19 testing but football remains ‘huge hurdle’

The Pac-12 has announced a groundbreaking daily COVID-19 testing for student-athletes in what they’re deeming as ‘close-contact’ sports. They’re said to be utilizing testing machines and are expecting those to be delivered to campuses as soon as the end of September.

Despite new testing measures and the east coast returning to competitive sports, the Pac-12 has also told CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd that fall football ‘would be a huge hurdle to pull off.’ That’s because of the decision to hastily postpone the season following the Big Ten Conference doing such a thing, and due to the conference’s medical advisory board’s parameters set forth.