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Opinion: It's time for NCAA to make right call - tough call - and cancel March Madness

Next week, about 900 college basketball players and a few hundred more coaches will fly in from college campuses around the country and congregate around nine NCAA Tournament sites.

Given the spread of COVID-19 around the United States and the uncertainty of how many people actually have it due to lack of testing, it's conceivable that someone participating in a tournament game will be carrying the virus. Let’s say that hypothetical person then tests positive a week later, at which point they’ve already come into close contact with two other teams who are in the Sweet 16.

What then?