The Big 12 Conference has announced that fall sports will continue — with teams following COVID-19 safety precautions. Athletes in high contact sports will be tested 3 times a week.
According to the Big 12 board of directors, member institutions are scaling up their COVID-19 testing and safety protocols. For high contact sports like football, volleyball and soccer, players will be tested three times a week.
"We are comfortable in our institutions' ability to provide a structured training environment, rigorous testing and surveillance, hospital quality sanitation and mitigation practices that optimize the health and safety of our student-athletes," said Bowlsby.
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