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With no wiggle room, UM taking 'pain in the butt' protocols seriously

With an eight-game Big Ten regular season, there’s little room for error and slipups. That goes for the games, but also for the adherence to COVID-19 protocols and keeping the players and coaches safe.

Michigan opens on the road Saturday night at Minnesota, and which players will be available to play could change as late as game day because of rapid testing for the coronavirus. Since Sept. 30, shortly after the Big Ten reinstated the shortened fall season once the tests became available in abundance, the players have undergone daily antigen testing.

If two tests confirm a positive result, the player must sit out 21 days and then be cleared by a cardiologist before resuming playing.