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Kansas football: Suspension of Summer workouts the right call

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It only seemed like a matter of time until Kansas football would have to suspend their voluntary workouts, and that time has come.

As college football teams across the nation attempted to start their Summer workouts, the coronavirus pandemic has predictably begun to work its way through each team. From UCLA to Texas, to Clemson, fighting off the virus has proven difficult, and Kansas football is the latest team to be hit.

Kansas AD Jeff Long announced last Friday that all sports would be halted for the foreseeable future:

“After the increase in positive COVID-19 tests within our football program, our medical team at Kansas Team Health has recommended discontinuing voluntary workouts immediately.