Perhaps some of us have wondered how much social distancing matters in stopping the spread of COVID-19, specifically when it comes to a football team.
One thing I wondered about openly a few weeks back was why the demand to socially distance teammates for the playing of the alma mater after the guys had just got done playing a football game together when they sweat and bled on each other for sixty minutes.
Shocking to exactly nobody, I’m not a doctor.
I’ll no longer question that decision after Brian Kelly gave details as to what is to blame for Notre Dame’s COVID-19 outbreak on the football team.
“Throughout our entire time together, we had not had one meal where we sat down together,” Kelly said, during his media availability on Tuesday. “Everything was grab and go. We get into our game situation where we have pregame meal together, and that cost us. Big. We had somebody who was asymptomatic, and it spread like wildfire throughout our meeting area where we were eating and then it got guys in contact tracing.”
It seems absurd but speaks to the craziness of just how hard it is to slow down the spread of this virus, let alone stop it.
Kelly also gave details as to what happens to his football team as a result of two consecutive off weeks after playing their first two weeks.
“They can rebound from this, but it’s not the ideal situation,” Kelly said, “You don’t want to start your season and then have to take a few weeks off. From that perspective, we’ve got to get our timing back, and certainly we’ll have to have a great week of practice and we expect to be able to do that.”
Notre Dame is set to return to the playing field on October 10 when they host Florida State.