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Mid-American Conference schools lack transparency on COVID-19 data. Here's why it matters

Michigan AD Warde Manuel, with Darryl Conway and Dr. Sami Rifat, discusses the plan to get student-athletes back to campus for workouts June 18, 2020. Detroit Free Press

The lack of data frustrates state Sen. Adam Hollier (D-Detroit).

The former Cornell football player understands what’s at stake in the ever-changing dilemma that surrounds the coronavirus pandemic and college athletics. The NCAA permitted football, men's basketball and women's basketball players to return to campus beginning June 1 for voluntary workouts.

Positive coronavirus cases poured in at major schools, causing some athletic departments to shut down training sessions.