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Wisconsin Won't Allow Spring Sport Senior Athletes to Return in 2021

Wisconsin won't allow its senior student-athletes impacted by the coronavirus pandemic to their respective teams next season, according to an athletic department statement Thursday to the Wisconsin State Journal's Todd Milewski.

"What we tried to do was encourage our seniors to go ahead and, if you're going to graduate, graduate and move on with your life," athletic director Barry Alvarez said Wednesday on his monthly radio show on WIBA-AM. "We appreciate everything that you've done. But move forward. The future is in question, and we can't promise you anything.