Pac-12 Conference Releases Return-To-Play Guidelines Following Spring Meeting
May 19, 2020, 3:24 PM
The Pac-12 logo on the court the first round game of the men's Pac-12 Tournament between the Oregon State Beavers and the Utah Utes on March 11, 2020, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
(Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Pac-12 Conference released a statement on Tuesday with return-to-play guidelines following their spring meeting with presidents and chancellors.
The conference has suspended all organized team activities through May 31 and hope to start allowing student-athletes to workout.
The @pac12 released a statement after their spring meeting with presidents/chancellors.#Utes @kslsports pic.twitter.com/DZTb4iHAY5
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“At our Pac-12 CEO meeting earlier today, we discussed the current COVID-19 crisis and reaffirmed that we will be guided by science and data, the counsel of medical experts, and the health and safety of everyone connected to our campuses in our decision-making. We consulted with our Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee, over 50 of the world’s leading infectious disease experts, public health experts, physicians, researchers and trainers. The Committee has developed a comprehensive set of return-to-play protocols and guidelines carefully designed to enable our member universities, when they determine it is appropriate, to as safely as possible bring student-athletes back to campus and ultimately resume athletic competition. These guidelines, which will be continuously updated, address all aspects of intercollegiate athletic activity, and include requirements related to testing, contact tracing, hygiene protocols, education, and disease prevention. In determining whether to adopt the Committee’s recommendations, as well as any future adjustments to them, our priority will be health and safety.”
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“With our current Pac-12 pandemic policy in place through May 31, we will make a determination on whether and how to modify that policy prior to that date based upon the work of our Committee and the advice of other relevant health experts.”
Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan said on Friday that he hopes to be able to open their facilities at Utah for players to do workouts on June 1.
Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.
