[2006alum]

Do you perhaps try to get the virus from the teammates that have tested positive?   Remember, hard to believe many will get better healthcare than when on campus in the summer as an athlete without the burden of classes.  Then as the season begins you MIGHT have antibodies to prevent you from missing a critical game during the season.  A rather big incentive for your typical ~20 year old athlete.

Sounds crazy?   More than a few coaches and organizations in sports have considered the idea of intentional exposure over the last 4 months.

It will be much easier for the coach, the players, the college campus and the hospital to deal with a team level COVID outbreak in June than in late October, so I can imagine some will quietly conclude that an outbreak now might be for the best. 

While I completely agree that coaches may be tempted to encourage this, I would be shocked if the liability waiver Congress enacts would cover intentional exposure, which means that all you'd need is one pissed off parent going to the media to land the University terrible media coverage and a brobdingnagian lawsuit.

[2006alum]

Do you perhaps try to get the virus from the teammates that have tested positive?   Remember, hard to believe many will get better healthcare than when on campus in the summer as an athlete without the burden of classes.  Then as the season begins you MIGHT have antibodies to prevent you from missing a critical game during the season.  A rather big incentive for your typical ~20 year old athlete.

Sounds crazy?   More than a few coaches and organizations in sports have considered the idea of intentional exposure over the last 4 months.

It will be much easier for the coach, the players, the college campus and the hospital to deal with a team level COVID outbreak in June than in late October, so I can imagine some will quietly conclude that an outbreak now might be for the best. 

While I completely agree that coaches may be tempted to encourage this, I would be shocked if the liability waiver Congress enacts would cover intentional exposure, which means that all you'd need is one pissed off parent going to the media to land the University terrible media coverage and a brobdingnagian lawsuit.