[Farm93]

If I were Czar of All Things, then I'd mark that game down as a Wisconsin forfeit.  Incentives to be smart on "re-opening activities" is a good thing.

I'm very much in favor of forfeiture-by-covid as well as this concept in the NFL.

It would be if the test results were announced by 3rd parties, but as the testing results are announced by the schools tough policies have flaws.

Just look at the LA Dodgers.   If the LA Dodgers were forced to forfeit Game #6 because they started with a COVID positive player do you really think we would have known about the COVID-19 positive test mid-game.  (no comment on the post-game craziness, that's for MLB to navigate)

The incentives to hide Thursday and Friday positives in college football would become too much if a forfeit was looming.  

If the outbreak is due to known violations of league or conference policies that would be different, but for a lot of these student-athletes they are already suffering the penalty of getting COVID-19.   Saddling them with the loss of a potential playoff berth is just too much, too cruel if all they did was get COVID-19 living in their community housing or by visiting their assigned course tutor.

[Farm93]

If I were Czar of All Things, then I'd mark that game down as a Wisconsin forfeit.  Incentives to be smart on "re-opening activities" is a good thing.

I'm very much in favor of forfeiture-by-covid as well as this concept in the NFL.

It would be if the test results were announced by 3rd parties, but as the testing results are announced by the schools tough policies have flaws.

Just look at the LA Dodgers.   If the LA Dodgers were forced to forfeit Game #6 because they started with a COVID positive player do you really think we would have known about the COVID-19 positive test mid-game.  (no comment on the post-game craziness, that's for MLB to navigate)

The incentives to hide Thursday and Friday positives in college football would become too much if a forfeit was looming.  

If the outbreak is due to known violations of league or conference policies that would be different, but for a lot of these student-athletes they are already suffering the penalty of getting COVID-19.   Saddling them with the loss of a potential playoff berth is just too much, too cruel if all they did was get COVID-19 living in their community housing or by visiting their assigned course tutor.