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Middle Tennessee 20% fan capacity, or about 7,000 fans, Floyd Stadium internal on September 19 for the Blue Raiders’ opening game against Troy.
Athletic director Chris Massaro announced Wednesday.
Heeling will not be allowed. Massaro said the plan evolved after consulting with university, local and state fitness officials. Of the seats, 1,000 will be reserved for students.
Massaro says seating capacity can increase or contract depending on how others follow the opening rules and whether COVID-19 instances continue to decrease locally. All seats will be reassigned by social estating and fans must wear a mask inside the stadium and in the parking lots.
The NFL’s Tennessee Titans host Jacksonville on September 20 in Nashville without fans being able to enter Nissan Stadium. The difference is that Nashville has its own local fitness branch that monitors capacity issues during the pandemic.
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Miami Marlins’ base of the moment, Isan Daaz, decided on the team’s chosen school in Jupiter, Florida.
He retired due to considerations about coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic-shortened season before changing his mind. He applied to the major leagues and granted him the right to return this season.
He ran on Jupiter before being officially selected for the education site on Wednesday. He opened the season as a starter for Miami at base time.
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Rutgers had 4 athletes and a member of their sports team test for COVID-19.
New Jersey-based Big Ten University said the positive effects were on athletes in lacrosse, gymnastics and men’s wrestling. Rutgers said the athletes and the member had been quarantined.
Public and university fitness officers track touch to identify other people with which students-athletes have had contact.
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LSU has to allow fans to occupy up to 25% of the 102,000-seat Tiger Stadium for its first home football game against the state of Mississippi on Sept. 26.
LSU also said in his Wednesday ad that he would ban parties on his Baton Rouge campus and that all priced tickets would pass to season ticket holders or students.
Campus-wide hatchback games are a central component of LSU’s fit day party. From now on, such gatherings will be prohibited unless they take place on the footprint of a limited number of licensed motorhomes and are limited to passenger members. organization in recreational vehicle.
Other settings come with perimeter expansion around Tiger Stadium to allow social estating among enthusiasts entering the site and require enthusiasts to wear masks. Motorists entering campus on game day will also be limited to those with parking passes.
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The coronavirus pandemic has led the Oklahoma state sports branch to fire 10 workers and put 66 in a time-off program, outside the doors of a plan that will cut about $13 million from its budget.
The school made the announcement in the press on Wednesday.
Athletic director Mike Holder said that he and each and every head coach had agreed to pay discounts.
Wages reduce the diversity from 2. 5% to 25%, and the highest paid workers in the ministry are the ones with the biggest cuts.
Holder said there could be more actions to come, with an estimated budget deficit of around $ 30 million.
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Real Sociedad striker Willian José said he tested positive for coronavirus and left the team’s opening match in the Spanish league.
Willian Jose made the announcement on his Instagram account. He quarantined him at his house.
The Royal Society says the effects were negative again for the other players after the team underwent testing on Tuesday. The club said other players they had tried had already joined the team.
Real Sociedad faces Real Valladolid on Sunday.
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The Champions League draw on 1 October moved from Athens to Nyon, Switzerland, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UEFA will attract the organization of 32 organizations to its official club headquarters or spectators.
UEFA intended to hold the draw and prize pool for the 2019-2020 season at the new Athens National Library Complex.
UEFA after discussions with the Greek public government that such an occasion would “violate public aptitude restrictions and limitations on indoor occasions. “
Players who win the UEFA end-of-season awards can still attend the replacement occasion.
UEFA will participate in the draw for the 48th Europa League on 2 October in Nyon.
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