Four faces popped up on Zoom for a hastily scheduled Pac-12 call with the media on Thursday afternoon and they displayed some rather uncommon visions from the league of late.
Smiles. Confidence. Excitement.
Commissioner Larry Scott and his cohorts were announcing a new conference-wide deal with Quidel, a California-based lab testing manufacturer. It will supply league schools with machines that will allow for fast, affordable coronavirus testing for athletes.
Results are promised within 15 minutes, allowing schools to identify and quarantine infected student-athletes before they spread the disease. The ability to test daily, or even more, increases accuracy.