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State colleges pace returns differently

Beginning Monday, college athletes around the country are allowed to start voluntary workouts and activities on their respective campuses, but they won't be quite like what they're used to.

For more than two months, there has been a ban on campus athletic activities by the NCAA in response to the coronavirus pandemic -- a ban that officially expires after Sunday. The NCAA Division I Council voted last week to lift the ban for all sports, effective June 1, after previously lifting it for only football and men's and women's basketball.

"In my opinion, I think our student-athletes are more safe on college campuses," ASU Athletic Director Terry Mohajir told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette this week.