The California Golden Bears at Washington State Cougars football game has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced on Saturday.
Cal was set to play Washington State at 4:00pm ET this afternoon at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. The game was set for a 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT kickoff with national television coverage on FOX.
SOURCE: Cal – WAZZU game is getting cancelled due to COVID/contact tracing issues at Cal.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 12, 2020
Below is a statement from the Pac-12 on the cancellation of the Cal-Washington State game:
“The Pac-12 has, after consultation with Cal, canceled the Cal at Washington State football game scheduled for later today, Saturday, December 12. This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Cal not having the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game as a result of one positive football student-athlete COVID-19 case confirmed via a PCR test today and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols. Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.
The cancelation of this game is very disappointing to our student-athletes and our fans. While all of us want to see our football student-athletes on the field competing, our number one priority must continue to be the health and safety of all those connected to Pac-12 football programs.”
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Oof!
Can’t they test all those traced individuals and get results quickly before the game?
Yeah, it’s frustrating, but this decision was made in accordance with procedures approved by the conference in order to have any football at all, so I for one, won’t second-guess it.
Has anyone noticed it’s the teams that suck in the conferences that don’t matter that are cancelling games?