Texas A&M players test positive for COVID-19

An un-accounted for amount of Texas A&M have tested positive for COVID-19, the team has reported.

Ross Bjork, the AD of the Aggies, said that ‘less than five’ players had tested positive for the virus, but declined to give further details (he’s basically in line with what’s been happening in Texas over recent months when it comes to COVID-19).

“We knew we would have positive tests,” Bjork said. “That’s why you do the tests, to verify that your plan is working and to verify the health and safety of athletes, which is the most important thing.

“Once there’s a positive test, there’s an action plan, we follow all the safety procedures.”

As mentioned with our Alabama article last week, the problem with the safety procedures will be all well and good while in the preseason. The students aren’t around. But as the students come back, and there are more socialising things on offer as well as the usual classes etc, stopping a spread like this will be a bigger problem. Especially if players don’t want to be cooped-up and get bored.

The five players tested have not been mentioned by name, so we don’t have any contact tracing information, so we can’t work out how bad it has been or how many people they have spread the virus to.

Not that Bjork would really care, though.