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Michigan State president Samuel Stanley releases statement on tunnel altercation

MSU President Samuel Stanley has released a statement on the tunnel altercation after Saturday’s game

Michigan State’s president, Samuel Stanley, released a statement following the postgame altercation between Michigan and Michigan State players inside the Michigan Stadium tunnel.

“I’m extremely saddened by this incident and the unacceptable behavior depicted by members of our football program. On behalf of Michigan State, my heartfelt apology to the University of Michigan and the student athletes who were injured.

“There is no provocation that could justify the behavior we are seeing on the videos. Rivalries can be intense but should never be violent.

“Coach Tucker will be holding the players involved responsible, and our football team and university will be cooperating with all related investigations by law enforcement and the Big Ten Conference.”

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Michigan State president Stanley: Big Ten basketball bubble ‘Certainly on the table’

Michigan State president Samuel Stanley told reporters that a Big Ten basketball bubble is still an option for the upcoming season.

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Dr. Samuel Stanley, the current president of Michigan State, knows a thing or two about infection diseases, considering the fact that he has a real medical background specifically in infectious diseases. That background makes him an important voice in the Big Ten conference’s decision-making process related to COVID-19.

After postponing the fall sports season, there is a lot of uncertainty still around the winter sports season, which would include the hugely popular basketball season. On a call with reporters, Stanley was asked if the Big Ten would consider mirroring the very successful NBA and NHL bubble seasons, to which Stanley replied: “Those are certainly on the table.”

“I don’t think it’s impossible,” he said. “I think the NBA is showing that there are ways in which you can do this and do it effectively. The question is how well does it adapt to college? And so I think this is something we’ll be looking at. And something again, as the Big Ten looks at fall sports potentially in the springtime, we’re also taking a look, a hard look, at how one might do other sports like basketball or ice hockey or so on, and do them safely.”

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Michigan State University moves to online-only courses for 2020 fall semester

Michigan State University has announced it will only conduct classes online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more from Samuel Stanley.

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Michigan State University president Samuel Stanley announced the school will move to online-only courses for the 2020 fall semester. Just a few weeks ago, Stanley encouraged MSU students to stay at home if possible.

Here is what Samuel Stanley wrote in the statement released today:

Our decision in March to transition to remote classes and have more employees work remotely was the right one. Since that time, we’ve worked diligently to create new approaches to educational and enrichment opportunities for our students, while always keeping health and safety foremost in mind. Our entire process stems from values-based decisions and constant evaluation and re-evaluation, as the nature of the pandemic changes.

But given the current status of the virus in our country — particularly what we are seeing at other institutions as they re-populate their campus communities — it has become evident to me that, despite our best efforts and strong planning, it is unlikely we can prevent widespread transmission of COVID-19 between students if our undergraduates return to campus.

So, effective immediately, we are asking undergraduate students who planned to live in our residence halls this fall to stay home and continue their education with MSU remotely. While a vast majority of our classes already were offered in remote formats, we will work the next two weeks to transition those that were in-person or hybrid to remote formats.

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Michigan State president Samuel Stanley releases statement on college football postponement

Michigan State president and Athletic Director Bill Beekman have both released statements on the postponement of college football this fall.

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This week, the Big Ten voted to postpone the fall college football season to a later date, with hopes to renew the season in the spring. The decision was not easy whatsoever and has brought about extreme sadness from football fans all over the country.

Yesterday, Michigan State University president Samuel Stanley released a statement on the postponement of college football.

Read Stanley’s statements below, courtesy of Matt Charboneau of The Detroit News:

No one is happy about the postponement of college football despite what many opportunists may tell you. Instead, this is a decision that will impact many and creates a void for football fans in the fall. I, personally, am glad Stanley views health and safety as a priority.

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Report: Michigan State’s Samuel Stanley among voters to cancel Big Ten 2020 football season

Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley is among the many voters to cancel the Big 10 2020 fall football season.

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According to Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick Show, the Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season. A source told Patrick that both the Big Ten and Pac-12 will cancel their respective seasons on Tuesday.

Per Patrick’s source, Big Ten presidents all voted 12-2 to not play this upcoming fall, including MSU president Samuel Stanley. The only two teams to vote in favor of playing were Iowa and Nebraska.

Yesterday, there were already plenty of rumors swirling that the Big Ten would cancel football. No football this fall season is not fun but best for the health and safety of players. Even if this means we have 2021 spring season followed by a 2021 fall season.

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Michigan State President Stanley: Football could return with limited fans

Stanley says there could be fans in the stands at Spartan Stadium this fall, although in a limited capacity.

Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley said this week that he could see a scenario in which college football returns this fall with limited fans in attendance amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Stanley appeared on WKAR’s “MSU Today” show on Tuesday to talk about a number of topics, including the return of the school’s biggest money-making sport in the fall. “I think there are ways that this could be done,” he said. “It involves frequent testing of players, coaches and trainers to make sure they’re free of COVID-19 infection.

“It involves physical distancing and making sure anyone who comes on the field doesn’t show any evidence that they’re infected with the virus. If you get there, then I think you can play. Then the next question becomes whether we can have fans in the stands. We would be outside and that reduces risk. And we can spread people six feet apart. Managing the entering and exiting of the stadium is one of the most difficult things to handle. The critical thing will be for all of us to wear masks.”

Spreading fans out to maintain social distancing would of course limit capacity. Numbers ranging from 20 to 30 percent of Spartan Stadium’s 75,005-seat capacity have been bandied about as potential targets, including by athletic director Bill Beekman.

Athletes from football, basketball, and volleyball will be allowed to return to campus for voluntary workouts on June 15. They will undergo two rounds of COVID-19 testing, requiring two negative tests to begin working out.

Stanley also recently announce that students at Michigan State would be returning to campus for the fall semester before turning back to virtual classes after Thanksgiving break on Nov 23.

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