[Giants]

It just shows the hair-trigger approach by Cal and/or the Pac-12, which is inconsistent with, say, Clemson and the ACC.  

Trevor Lawrence tested positive and, to my knowledge, no close contacts were quarantined.  He's a QB that barks orders at the line and communicates face-to-face with the entire offense.  

Meanwhile, across the country, one player tests positive at Cal (to date), with daily negative antigen testing of the entire rest of the team and staff, and a game is canceled.  I'm not really judging the decision, but it's definitely completely inconsistent with the rest of CFB.

Health is most important, but from a competitive standpoint, these are two of the top three teams in the Pac-12 North and now they don't have to play each other.  On paper, that's actually a big advantage, although who knows what will happen going forward in this crazy shortened season...

Think the school should provide more info on reason for canceling - e.g., isolation protocol requires that X number of players total, including the entire OL position group.  At least then it would make sense.  I thought P12 put out numerical thresholds, anticipating Covid, which would "qualify" for game cancellation.  There should be some tying of the two, assuming there is such a tie.  And if there is not - i.e., if Cal just decided to not play even though they could have under P12 guidelines/rules, then that should be disclosed, too.

Based on 82lsju’s post, it sounds like the University/Berkeley Public Health protocol that requires contact tracing is what ultimately led to the cancellation.  If so, would a similar situation (one positive test) lead to a game cancellation in other PAC-12 cities?

[Giants]

It just shows the hair-trigger approach by Cal and/or the Pac-12, which is inconsistent with, say, Clemson and the ACC.  

Trevor Lawrence tested positive and, to my knowledge, no close contacts were quarantined.  He's a QB that barks orders at the line and communicates face-to-face with the entire offense.  

Meanwhile, across the country, one player tests positive at Cal (to date), with daily negative antigen testing of the entire rest of the team and staff, and a game is canceled.  I'm not really judging the decision, but it's definitely completely inconsistent with the rest of CFB.

Health is most important, but from a competitive standpoint, these are two of the top three teams in the Pac-12 North and now they don't have to play each other.  On paper, that's actually a big advantage, although who knows what will happen going forward in this crazy shortened season...

Think the school should provide more info on reason for canceling - e.g., isolation protocol requires that X number of players total, including the entire OL position group.  At least then it would make sense.  I thought P12 put out numerical thresholds, anticipating Covid, which would "qualify" for game cancellation.  There should be some tying of the two, assuming there is such a tie.  And if there is not - i.e., if Cal just decided to not play even though they could have under P12 guidelines/rules, then that should be disclosed, too.

Based on 82lsju’s post, it sounds like the University/Berkeley Public Health protocol that requires contact tracing is what ultimately led to the cancellation.  If so, would a similar situation (one positive test) lead to a game cancellation in other PAC-12 cities?