Before the Pac-12 decided against playing a fall football season, conference medical experts and administrators began exploring the tricky issue of developing policies for in-season interruptions.
How many COVID-related cases makes a team ineligible to play?
What exactly determines a no-contest or a postponement?
Who has the final say on these decisions?
“It becomes a very difficult calculation,” says Doug Aukerman, Oregon State’s team doctor and the chair of the Pac-12 medical advisory board who was part of the discussions.