Entire Michigan State football team entering quarantine isn’t a good sign for season

With each passing day, a college football season looks less and less likely.

With the coronavirus pandemic still ravaging the United States, college football is trying to do whatever it takes to ensure that there’s a season in 2020. Many conference commissioners have already switched to inter-conference schedules for the season to limit the amount of travel student-athletes have to endure. While positive COVID-19 tests are dropping, the upcoming college football campaign took another hit on Friday.

Michigan State announced that a staff member and a student-athlete tested positive for the coronavirus this week. Thus, the entire football team will quarantine or self-isolate for 14 days.

“As part of the athletic department’s return to campus policy, student-athletes quarantine when coming into close contact with an individual who tests positive for COVID-19,” the school said in a statement, via ESPN. “The university has designated areas available to house individuals in quarantine as needed based upon the living arrangements for student-athletes.”

Michigan State not taking any chances

This should concern those who want a college football season to take place this year.

Michigan State halted workouts on Wednesday before finally coming to the decision to send all players into quarantine. However, only staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19 are required to enter self-isolation. The school will then perform another round of testing before determining whether the voluntary workouts can continue.

We’ve seen the LSU Tigers send a multitude of football players into quarantine due to them coming into contact with individuals who contracted COVID-19. Yet, the school’s athletic director didn’t send the entire team into self-isolation. With the football season inching ever so closer, Michigan State didn’t want to take the chance of a potential spread of the virus among the team, whom have had ten total positive tests since June.

As much as we want college football to grace our television screens, we have to brace for the inevitable. Considering the sport is close-contact and physical with no bubble format, running a full season in the fall just doesn’t seem feasible.

But that can all change if every fan socially distances and wears a mask from here on out. If not, football won’t happen.