Michigan State Football: All Members of Team Will Quarantine
Friday afternoon, the Michigan State athletic department released a statement saying, "all members of the football team will quarantine or isolate while awaiting completion of 14-day quarantine," following another staffer and one student-athlete testing positive for COVID-19.
"As part of the athletic department's return to campus policy, student-athletes quarantine when coming into close contact with an individual who tests positive for COVID-19. The university has designated areas available to house individuals in quarantine as needed based upon the living arrangements for student-athletes," Michigan State said in a statement released Friday.
The university said testing of student-athletes was finished on July 22 as previously scheduled, and the process will be repeated before individuals can return to workouts.
Student-athletes and coaches were to begin their 20-hour weeks in larger groups than before when players participated in eight-hour weeks involving voluntary summer activities and workouts; however, MSU paused workouts after a staff member tested positive.
Prior to that Michigan State University reported there had been eight positive test results for coronavirus out of the 500-plus tests they had conducted since the beginning of June.
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