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Michigan had gone until the past week without having any issues involving COVID-19, after having had minimal cases since reporting to campus in June. Now, with just two weeks of the regular season left, the Wolverines are the ones calling off games.
The victim is Maryland, a team that had canceled games earlier this season, but it’s not the Terrapins not at full strength this week. No, the maize and blue are calling the game off, and aren’t due to practice again until Monday — assuming the team is back in the clear.
Full release
The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 2) that it will be pausing football practices and that Saturday’s game against Maryland has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. This decision to pause in-person football activities was made in consultation with medical professionals and the local health department.
“The decision by our medical professionals to stop practices and cancel this Saturday’s game against Maryland was made with the health, safety and welfare of the student-athletes, coaches and staff as our utmost priority,” said Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics. “We have seen an increase in the number of student-athletes unavailable to compete due to positive tests and associated contact tracing due to our most recent antigen and PCR testing results.”
Daily testing will continue and medical professionals will make a determination when to resume practice. The earliest practice can resume will be Monday, Dec. 7.
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