The return of college sports could be closer than initially expected. On Sept. 3, the Pac-12 and Commissioner Larry Scott announced the conference’s COVID-19 testing partnership with the medical diagnostic corporation, Quidel. The partnership will allow for rapid testing and 15-minute results for student-athletes in hopes of preventing infection and transmission.
In August, the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone all athletic events through 2020. A rapid-result test was not expected to arrive on a large-scale basis until late November at the earliest.
By the end of September, Quidel plans to place its Sofia 2 testing machine in every Pac-12 athletic facility.