A group of Michigan athletes has asked to continue playing after the university's athletics were shut down for two weeks amid COVID-19 issues.
The Coalition of Student-Athletes released a statement requesting for the suspension to be lifted and considered on a team by team basis. Under an order from the state health department, the suspension started on Sunday after multiple athletes on several Michigan teams tested positive for the new B.1.1.7 COVID1-19 variant.
"While we, the student-athletes at the University of Michigan, understand the severity of the virus and take it very seriously, we believe that this mandate from the [Michigan Department of Health and Human Services] is unnecessary and should not only be reconsidered but overturned," the coalition's statement read.