We all know with the start of college comes the risk-college kids going out and partying with no regard to human life. But the people that have taken this seriously are the athletes. They are the ones begging for the football season to be saved after the Big 10 conference voted to cancel it. Now that they have been given permission to start it, 42 members of the team, between players and staff, have tested positive for it. Now I’m not saying that the off-campus or for that matter the on-campus partying is the only reason for it, but that is why the country has seen such a jump in cases among the 18-24 year olds.
Football is Back?
When I read this news report about the Badgers football team, I wasn’t super shocked but it was right after they announced that the football season would be saved, I took it as a sign. The generation that I come from is about one of the dumbest to ever exist and when I make comments about natural selection, it’s true. According to the news report that came out about this, of the 42 personnel that tested positive, 29 of them were recorded between September 1st to the 15th. Testing for them started in June when the athletes could start returning to campus. We will see in the next few weeks when they begin to practice more and see if their modified season starts on time.
Whitewater vs. Madison
We all know that between our two schools, we have some historic athletic programs as well as being pretty reckless when it comes to how we handle news. I for one am upset with how us as a college have been reacting to the virus but not at all shocked at how it is playing out. I just wish we would be smarted and better about this and take it seriously. I just hope our athletic seasons can be saved in the spring which would be a nice thing to have a football season then. Good luck to the Badgers football team as they begin their quest.