PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – The NFL has floated it out there, MLB has no firm rule, but the ACC will punish schools not following COVID protocol. You have positives, you forfeit.
Here is how it's stated by the conference.
In the sports of football, field hockey, men's and women's soccer and volleyball:
1. If a 2021 ACC game cannot be played on its originally scheduled date by a team unable to play due to an insufficient number of available players related to COVID-19, that team shall be deemed to have forfeited, with a loss assigned to the team unable to play and a win assigned to its scheduled opponent, with both the loss and win, respectively, applied to the conference standings.
2. If a 2021 ACC game cannot be played on its originally scheduled date due to any factor(s) directly associated with a Game Discontinuation Consideration as listed in the current ACC Medical Advisory Group (MAG) Report, the Conference's sport rescheduling policy shall apply.
3. If a 2021 ACC game cannot be played on its originally scheduled date due to both teams being unable to play due to an insufficient number of available players related to COVID-19, both teams shall be deemed to have forfeited, with a loss assigned to both teams and applied to the conference standings.
Under the current system, unvaccinated Pitt players will have to test once per week. That's due to Pitt being at a vaccination rate above 85%. Unvaccinated individuals on a team with a vaccination rate of less than 85 percent, must be tested a minimum of three times per week.
If no active cases, programs with a high vaccination rate, like Pitt, may relax the spacing, masking rules at all team functions. Masking of individuals around the benches, sidelines or team areas will be at the discretion of the home school.
These protocols were approved by the ACC's athletic directors.
