Report: NCAA Advises Schools Confirmed Cases Won't Test Again for 3 Months

According to Brett McMurphy of Stadium Athletics, if a player tests positive for the coronavirus they won't have to take a test again for 3 months.

Positive tests are something that have turned up less and less in the college football community over the last week or so, and perhaps it's because there's been less reporting of positive cases, or perhaps it's because they've actually had fewer positive tests — I personally prefer to believe the latter. 

Though, according to Brett McMurphy of the Stadium Network, sources have told Stadium that the NCAA advises schools that after a student-athlete has a confirmed positive COVID test, they won't have to test again for the next 3 months unless they show symptoms.

Sources told @Stadium, NCAA advises schools that after a student-athlete has a confirmed positive COVID test, they won’t have to test again for next 3 months unless they show symptoms. For example, players who test positive in July, will not have to test again until October

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 24, 2020

Which begs the question, does this benefit schools and programs like Clemson and LSU that have already reported a rather large amount of positive tests? Are they at some sort of an advantage for already having had their outbreak? 

According to medical experts, the chances of contracting the virus a second time are extremely low, and the building of antibodies to fight the virus the first time is typically what leads to those chances being minuscule. This is where the term "herd immunity" comes into play for programs that have already experienced a breakout.  

This also relieves some of the financial pressure from these programs. If a player has already tested positive, has gone through the quarantine phase, shows no signs of symptoms, and is back at practice, he won't have to be tested on a regular basis like the remainder of the roster which significantly decreases the cost of testing. Especially if we are talking about upwards of twenty football players at Clemson that may have already tested positive, with similar numbers at various other programs. 

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