Clemson Not Shutting Down Voluntary Workouts After COVID-19 Breakout is Dangerous
By Michael Luciano
COVID-19 is not slowing down, as major college programs like LSU, Iowa, and Clemson have all felt the wrath of the virus. Clemson, in particular, has been ravaged by COVID-19, as there have been an astonishing 37 positive tests.
Even as nearly half the team has tested positive for the virus, there is no indication that the team is going to put a stop to their voluntary workouts.
Why hasn't Clemson shut down voluntary workouts? And where are these players with coronavirus staying? That and more here: https://t.co/Shrsc6mCq8
— Grace Raynor (@gmraynor) June 27, 2020
Is making sure that the third-string receivers understand half of a page of the playbook in greater detail work risking the health of dozens of college students at these workouts?
It doesn't matter if the decree to keep working out came from Dabo Swinney himself, a group of veteran players, or one of the higher-ups in the athletic department. Someone needs to realize how the pandemic is roaring back to life in the South, and these workouts will only increase the chance that one of these players contracts the virus.
Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. https://t.co/r5DgjeoBDZ
— WPDE ABC15 (@wpdeabc15) June 28, 2020
Clemson seemingly trying to make the whole team herd immune to the virus is a really backwards way to run a football program in a time of crisis. Before every last Tiger football player, some of whom might have major long-term effects from this infection, gets this virus, someone needs to shut these workouts down.