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How state of Michigan’s new COVID restrictions impact U-M sports

The state of Michigan has been experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases recently along with the rest of the country. As a result, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have enacted a “three-week pause” to enforce social distancing and curb the spread of the virus in the state. The full details of that order can be read here.

What people in this sphere of the internet are wondering about is how it might affect the Michigan Wolverines on the field, court and ice. Despite cries for the pandemic to cancel what has been a brutal football season, college and pro sports will be able to resume with the testing and safety protocols that they have in place.