[82lsju]

There are reports that the Wisconsin team is close to the threshold which would require cancellation of Saturday's game.

And now that has happened.   Game vs Nebraska is cancelled.

Given the rates of positivity in the State of Wisconsin it is so hard to believe this will get better soon for the state, the university or the team.

Sadly, I can imagine this happening to Pac-12 schools too.   I guess it is all worth it for some TV revenue.

Interestingly (if true), the game was canceled even though Wisconsin was not required to do so by "the numbers" - i.e., they had the players at the position groups sufficient to play the game.  If I were Czar of All Things, then I'd mark that game down as a Wisconsin forfeit.  Incentives to be smart on "re-opening activities" is a good thing.

they may be close (or over) on test positivity

The Big Ten Conference will use data provided by each Chief Infection Officer (CInO) to make decisions about the continuation of practice and competition, as determined by Test Positivity Rate and Population Positivity Rate, based on a seven-day rolling average:

• Test positivity rate (number of positive tests divided by total number of tests administered):
  
  
  • Green 0-2%
    
  • Orange 2-5%
    
  • Red >5%
    
• Population positivity rate (number of positive individuals divided by total population at risk):
  

• • Green 0-3.5%
    
  • Orange 3.5-7.5%
    
  • Red >7.5%
    

[*]Decisions to alter or halt practice and competition will be based on the following scenarios:

• Green/Green and Green/Orange: Team continues with normal practice and competition.
  
• Orange/Orange and Orange/Red: Team must proceed with caution and enhance COVID-19 prevention (alter practice and meeting schedule, consider viability of continuing with scheduled competition).
  
• Red/Red: Team must stop regular practice and competition for a minimum of seven days and reassess metrics until improved.
  

[*]

https://bigten.org/news/2020/9/16/the-bi...-2020.aspx

[82lsju]

There are reports that the Wisconsin team is close to the threshold which would require cancellation of Saturday's game.

And now that has happened.   Game vs Nebraska is cancelled.

Given the rates of positivity in the State of Wisconsin it is so hard to believe this will get better soon for the state, the university or the team.

Sadly, I can imagine this happening to Pac-12 schools too.   I guess it is all worth it for some TV revenue.

Interestingly (if true), the game was canceled even though Wisconsin was not required to do so by "the numbers" - i.e., they had the players at the position groups sufficient to play the game.  If I were Czar of All Things, then I'd mark that game down as a Wisconsin forfeit.  Incentives to be smart on "re-opening activities" is a good thing.

they may be close (or over) on test positivity

The Big Ten Conference will use data provided by each Chief Infection Officer (CInO) to make decisions about the continuation of practice and competition, as determined by Test Positivity Rate and Population Positivity Rate, based on a seven-day rolling average:

• Test positivity rate (number of positive tests divided by total number of tests administered):
  
  
  • Green 0-2%
    
  • Orange 2-5%
    
  • Red >5%
    
• Population positivity rate (number of positive individuals divided by total population at risk):
  

• • Green 0-3.5%
    
  • Orange 3.5-7.5%
    
  • Red >7.5%
    

[*]Decisions to alter or halt practice and competition will be based on the following scenarios:

• Green/Green and Green/Orange: Team continues with normal practice and competition.
  
• Orange/Orange and Orange/Red: Team must proceed with caution and enhance COVID-19 prevention (alter practice and meeting schedule, consider viability of continuing with scheduled competition).
  
• Red/Red: Team must stop regular practice and competition for a minimum of seven days and reassess metrics until improved.
  

[*]

https://bigten.org/news/2020/9/16/the-bi...-2020.aspx