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Big Ten will be a case study for a new COVID society

Hope isn’t a plan. The Big Ten learned that the hard way in the days leading up to and the 36 days following the postponement of the 2020 fall sports season.

America is still learning with difficulty, or in some places not learning at all.

The country’s richest collegiate sports conference is now back with a plan which it looks ready to execute. Hearing from its medical advisory board, the B1G decided reliable rapid antigen testing technology was available enough for each of its 14 schools to procure a daily supply for its fall athletes. The presidents were then comforted enough by Ohio State head team physician Dr.