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Fordham athletics on pause because of virus outbreak
New York City (AP) – The Fordham females’s basketball group has actually done its finest to follow every coronavirus guideline and procedure this season, and it’s worked as the Rams have actually not had one favorable test.
Sadly, a significant uptick of COVID cases on the school’s school has actually required the university to pause the whole athletic department for 2 weeks beginning last Sunday.
That’s not agreeing with the gamers.
“It’s a really tough spot,” junior captain Kaitlyn Downey stated in a phone interview Wednesday. “We saw this number on Fordham’s COVID dashboard keep jumping. Kids returned to campus, Super Bowl parties. One day it was 80 and then we saw it jump to 115. We knew that wasn’t good.”
The pause was triggered as soon as there were over 100 active coronavirus cases on school throughout a two-week period due to New york city state health guidelines. While numerous basketball programs have actually been put on pause this year because of the virus, couple of have actually been suspended without a favorable test within the group.
“It’s been a really emotional last three days. There have been a lot of tears and a lot of questions,” Fordham coach Stephanie Gaitley stated.
The Rams have actually taken control of 1,400 COVID tests given that they came on school in the fall and all of them have actually returned unfavorable.
“It’s frustrating as we test three times a week and we’ve been zero for six months,” Downey stated. “Staying that negative for that long with 25-plus people in our program is a stellar statistics to ride by. ”
Downey and her colleagues began a petition to attempt and persuade the school’s president to let them play the last 3 weeks of the routine season on the roadway. It’s currently amassed over 3,500 signatures.
“Our petition was never to minimize any other program as we understand the gravity of the situation,′ Downey said. ”We understand the athletics department is stuck in a tight spot. We followed whatever to a T.”
The females’s basketball group was having another strong year, being in 2nd location in the Atlantic 10, a couple of video games behind Dayton.
As of now, the group’s last 5 video games would be erased, including their senior video game that was set up for last Sunday. Presuming the favorable coronavirus cases return down, they would have the ability to have a couple of days of practice prior to the conference competition in early March.
“We’ve followed every protocol and understand the overall picture,” stated Gaitley, who provided flowers and donuts to her elders previously today to attempt and raise their spirits. “The time frame is the concern since it’s the end of the season. At the beginning we wouldn’t be in this situation and having this conversation.”
Downey and the other basketball captains consulted with the school’s interim athletic director, Ed Kull, to see if there was anything they might do to restore the rest of their routine season. The Rams even recommended playing the rest of their video games on the roadway, comparable to what Stanford provided for 2 months when their county wouldn’t permit any athletic activities because of the virus.
They left the conference, according to Downey, with no genuine responses.
“It’s unfortunate we have to pause our athletic activities but we have to take this critically important step to prevent the further spread of COVID on campus,” Kull stated in an online declaration on Fordham’s site revealing the pause. “We know this is difficult for our student-athletes and will continue to support them with our mental health and academic resources. As I’ve said throughout the pandemic, we will do everything we can in order to protect the health and well-being of not only the student-athletes but of the entire university community.”
Fordham President Joseph M. McShane had actually a currently set up city center with the Rams professional athletes for later on today. Downey made certain that the pause would be a significant subject of discussion at that conference.
The shutdown couldn’t have actually come at an even worse time for Fordham as almost every group was either practicing or playing right, consisting of the fall and spring sports.
While they wait on any kind of resolution, the group has actually been attempting to remain all set.
“We’re still trying to figure out the logistics of everything that we’re allowed to do,’ Downey said. ”The guidelines state we’re enabled to work out, attempting to enter into fitness centers outside Fordham to be able to continue to practice as a group. without the coaches We have an unique possibility at winning this competition and complete what we began.”
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New York City (AP) – The Fordham females’s basketball group has actually done its finest to follow every coronavirus guideline and procedure this season, and it’s worked as the Rams have actually not had one favorable test.
Sadly, a significant uptick of COVID cases on the school’s school has actually required the university to pause the whole athletic department for 2 weeks beginning last Sunday.
That’s not agreeing with the gamers.
“It’s a really tough spot,” junior captain Kaitlyn Downey stated in a phone interview Wednesday. “We saw this number on Fordham’s COVID dashboard keep jumping. Kids returned to campus, Super Bowl parties. One day it was 80 and then we saw it jump to 115. We knew that wasn’t good.”
The pause was triggered as soon as there were over 100 active coronavirus cases on school throughout a two-week period due to New york city state health guidelines. While numerous basketball programs have actually been put on pause this year because of the virus, couple of have actually been suspended without a favorable test within the group.
“It’s been a really emotional last three days. There have been a lot of tears and a lot of questions,” Fordham coach Stephanie Gaitley stated.
The Rams have actually taken control of 1,400 COVID tests given that they came on school in the fall and all of them have actually returned unfavorable.
“It’s frustrating as we test three times a week and we’ve been zero for six months,” Downey stated. “Staying that negative for that long with 25-plus people in our program is a stellar statistics to ride by. ”
Downey and her colleagues began a petition to attempt and persuade the school’s president to let them play the last 3 weeks of the routine season on the roadway. It’s currently amassed over 3,500 signatures.
“Our petition was never to minimize any other program as we understand the gravity of the situation,′ Downey said. ”We understand the athletics department is stuck in a tight spot. We followed whatever to a T.”
The females’s basketball group was having another strong year, being in 2nd location in the Atlantic 10, a couple of video games behind Dayton.
As of now, the group’s last 5 video games would be erased, including their senior video game that was set up for last Sunday. Presuming the favorable coronavirus cases return down, they would have the ability to have a couple of days of practice prior to the conference competition in early March.
“We’ve followed every protocol and understand the overall picture,” stated Gaitley, who provided flowers and donuts to her elders previously today to attempt and raise their spirits. “The time frame is the concern since it’s the end of the season. At the beginning we wouldn’t be in this situation and having this conversation.”
Downey and the other basketball captains consulted with the school’s interim athletic director, Ed Kull, to see if there was anything they might do to restore the rest of their routine season. The Rams even recommended playing the rest of their video games on the roadway, comparable to what Stanford provided for 2 months when their county wouldn’t permit any athletic activities because of the virus.
They left the conference, according to Downey, with no genuine responses.
“It’s unfortunate we have to pause our athletic activities but we have to take this critically important step to prevent the further spread of COVID on campus,” Kull stated in an online declaration on Fordham’s site revealing the pause. “We know this is difficult for our student-athletes and will continue to support them with our mental health and academic resources. As I’ve said throughout the pandemic, we will do everything we can in order to protect the health and well-being of not only the student-athletes but of the entire university community.”
Fordham President Joseph M. McShane had actually a currently set up city center with the Rams professional athletes for later on today. Downey made certain that the pause would be a significant subject of discussion at that conference.
The shutdown couldn’t have actually come at an even worse time for Fordham as almost every group was either practicing or playing right, consisting of the fall and spring sports.
While they wait on any kind of resolution, the group has actually been attempting to remain all set.
“We’re still trying to figure out the logistics of everything that we’re allowed to do,’ Downey said. ”The guidelines state we’re enabled to work out, attempting to enter into fitness centers outside Fordham to be able to continue to practice as a group. without the coaches We have an unique possibility at winning this competition and complete what we began.”
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Follow Doug Feinberg on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dougfeinberg
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More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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