NCAA president Mark Emmert acknowledged Friday that when college sports return, it is 'almost inevitable' that some athletes will contract the coronavirus.
NCAA president Mark Emmert acknowledged Friday that when college sports return, it is “almost inevitable” that some athletes will contract the coronavirus.
In an interview with CNN, Emmert said, “We have literally a half-million student athletes. We’ve got 1,100 different schools that participate in NCAA sports — 19,000 teams, not 32 . So, to me, it’s not if a student comes down with the virus, it’s when. I think it’s almost inevitable with those kinds of numbers.
“Same thing with regular students. It’s impossible to believe that you can bring 40,000 students back to campus and all the faculty and staff and not have somebody sooner or later contract the virus. So it’s how you react to it that’s going to be critical.” Emmert said the NCAA would not dictate when schools might resume sports, leaving those decisions to be made locally. The fact that the restart date could vary among states and regions leaves college sports with a “juggling act,” he said.
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