Pac-12 announced a momentary cancellation of a football setting for its first week of the season. Saturday’s game between Arizona and Utah in Salt Lake City was canceled after a request from the Utes due to what the Pac-12 said were several COVID-19 Instances in Utah players.
The cancellation announced on Friday is the two-day time for Pac-12, which is preparing to start a seven-match football season after watching while other meetings have started playing in recent weeks. .
The league said Utah did not have the minimum required number of fellows for the game due to positive testing and the desire for other players to isolate themselves according to tactile search protocols. The Pac-12 did not specify how many players they had tested positive.
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Dave Heeke, AU’s vice president and athletics director, issued the statement:
“Arizona Athletics respects the approval of the Pac-12 Conference of Utah’s request to cancel our football game in Salt Lake City in accordance with the Pac-12 game cancellation policy. Our football program and athletics branch have worked incredibly hard to prepare for the field. Saturday.
“I couldn’t be more disappointed that our players, coaches and staff couldn’t live on match day, they were ready for months. That said, physical condition and protection will have to remain our guiding principles in this dubious period. “
“Our athletics branch and football program will continue to advance with those guiding principles at the forefront as we prepare to host the USC next weekend. “
A total of 10 games from this week’s Bowl Branch were canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, raising the total since August 26.
Two U. S. Conference games scheduled for the weekend, Charlotte’s game in Middle Tennessee and UTSA’s game against Rice, were postponed for the previous Friday due to positive testing and touch tracking protocols.
Utah Athletics related to Saturday’s football game. Pic. twitter. com/XriHPNGdbz
Here is the one issued through the Pac-12:
“The Pac-12 approved a Utah request to cancel The Arizona football game in Utah scheduled for November 7. This resolution was made as a component of the Pac-12 football adjustment cancellation policy because Utah does not have the minimum number of fellows to be held for the game as a result of a number of positive cases of COVID-19 student-football athletes and the resulting isolation of other football student-athletes as a component of touch search protocols. According to convention policy, the game will be declared untested.
“The cancellation of this match, after yesterday’s cancellation of the Washington football game in Cal, is of course incredibly disappointing for our student-athletes and our fans. At the same time, this indicates that our fitness and protection protocols are running to identify positive instances and touch search instances. While we all need to see our student-athletes compete on the field, our number one priority will have to remain the physical condition and protection of all those related to Pac-12 football programs.
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The Associated Press contributed to the report.