06-30-2021, 02:22 PM
Ombligo wrote:
The NCAA covid rules have been in place all season. Only two players tested positive, the remainder were required to quarantine due to contact tracing. Those two players knew the rules and the results of a positive test. It sounds as if the coach was in favor of vaccinations either. Regardless, the rules were in place for all teams and had to be followed. I just feel sorry for the players who did the right thing.
You can choose to not be vaccinated, but that does not exempt you from the consequences - just ask some hospital employees in Houston.
News reports say 8 players tested positive.
https://abc11.com/nc-state-baseball-ncsu...48/RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Eight NC State baseball players tested positive prior to the team being removed from the College World Series, the university's chancellor said.
Chancellor Randy Woodson confirmed that the eight players tested positive for the highly-contagious Delta variant of COVID-19."
A state school can't override state laws in favor of NCAA rules. I'm sure the coaches would have preferred a 100% vaccinated team but they can't force it.
At NC State vaccinated students are exempt from surveillance testing and quarantine.