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Atlantic Coast Conference schools have agreed to play football and Olympic sports this fall amid the pandemic. The NCAA released protocols for teams this summer — including daily health checks, face coverings and regular testing — but left scheduling and specific guidelines up to individual conferences.
The ACC curated its own guidelines with a COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group consisting of team physicians and medical directors from each school. Syracuse and the ACC require testing three times a week before competition and mandate mask-wearing outside the field of play, and each team has small “pods” during workouts and practices.