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Monday, July 27, 2020

Auerbach: Marlins news shows college football needs clear plan to face outbreaks - The Athletic

“We’ll be following pro sports to see what they do.”

This is what college athletic directors and commissioners have said for months, ever since the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB began unveiling return-to-play plans. It’s one of the reasons some Power 5 athletic directors are pushing right now for a delayed start to the college football season — so there’s more time to learn from baseball and the NFL as they get underway.

And there is no clearer lesson than the one the Miami Marlins just provided.

The Athletic reported late Sunday night that the Marlins played the Phillies in Philadelphia yesterday “despite having three players learn Sunday that they’d tested positive for COVID-19, just two days after a fourth player learned of a positive test on Friday.” Two infectious disease specialists said those positive tests fit the definition of a “clear outbreak” of the virus within that team. But, despite...

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