The number of football players who have contracted chickenpox might be significantly higher than previously reported, according to a source close to the San Diego State football team.
A university statement, released at 5:50 pm on Monday, Aug. 14, placed the number of confirmed cases at five. But, according to the source, as many as 15 players may have contracted the virus.
Athletics Department officials denied the report and said they had no interest in responding to unnamed sources.
Other sources on the team and team trainers told The Daily Aztec they were under a strict gag order and could not talk about the outbreak.