Louisville Dismisses Soccer Players After Party

[UCONNJACK]

Not football related but shows how fast covid can spread among student athletes. 29 Louisville athletes infected after attending a house party.

University of Louisville dismisses three soccer players after house party leads to coronavirus outbreak

The University of Louisville dismissed three men’s soccer players and suspended three others after an off-campus house party led to a coronavirus outbreak that has so far infected 29 student-…

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[Jimdish255]

We set such a lousy example I really feel for these kids. But it's another domino that will impact future decisions. I'm just hoping for hoops and XC at this point. Scholarship Athletes having parties and spreading to the student population are just lawsuits waiting to happen.

 

[Adios]

It is UL, after all.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

We set such a lousy example I really feel for these kids. But it's another domino that will impact future decisions. I'm just hoping for hoops and XC at this point. Scholarship Athletes having parties and spreading to the student population are just lawsuits waiting to happen.

What does UConn shutting down football have to do with this?

 

[MustangMan]

It is UL, after all.

You don’t think UConn students are going out to parties?

 

[uconndogs]

That college students are going to adhere to social distancing protocols is laughable.

 

[phillionaire]

That college students are going to adhere to social distancing protocols is laughable.

I for one definitely think 18 year olds that have their first tastes of freedom will adhere to social distancing and not congregate. I also just bought some magic beans from a traveling salesman.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

You don’t think UConn students are going out to parties?

They will, however all will be wearing facemasks, stand six feet apart and only to be held outdoors.

 

[Samoo]

What does UConn shutting down football have to do with this?

I think he is talking about "we" as adults in America, not UConn.

 

[Waquoit]

I think he is talking about "we" as adults in America, not UConn.

I'm not taking any flack for the chuds. I'm setting a great a example.

 

[Adios]

You don’t think UConn students are going out to parties?

No known cases of SARS amongst UConn students so far.

 

[huskymedic]

Novices...

CRAWFORD | Dismissed Louisville soccer player shares his side of the COVID story

The University of Louisville took the path of law and order on Thursday, kicking three players off the men’s soccer team and suspending three more in the wake of a

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>>First off, he said, he never intended to "have a party," and certainly did not organize one. He lives with five teammates in what he described as “a gated group of houses leased to many student-athletes.” They’ve been there since reporting back to campus on June 15, along with many other athletes. They’d completed the voluntary portion of their workouts COVID-free. Had just tested negative. Again. All six of them had. They were going to celebrate. They’d been careful. They were going to hang out. There wasn’t a whole lot else to do. They told another teammate he could come over. Seven guys having a good time.

Except it wasn’t just seven. The teammate brought a few people, including a couple that Wheeler didn’t know. And, if you’ve been around these things, you know they can escalate quickly. And let’s not sugar-coat it, it got out of hand. Now, it wasn’t Snoop Dog-coming-on-stage-in-Old-School wild, but it definitely outgrew its originally scheduled parameters. I’ll let the player tell it in his own words.

“We didn’t plan a ‘party’ or large gathering last Saturday,” Wheeler said. “We didn’t invite a crowd to come to our house. One other student-athlete who had also just tested negative for COVID was invited to come over and hang out with us. This violated no rule. Several uninvited student-athletes followed him in. They said they were also COVID free. But, things escalated quickly. Athletes from multiple teams were let in by others we hadn’t invited. I didn’t know many of them. This made it more difficult to try to get the situation under control. We tried shutting it down and getting people to leave, but it took over an hour.”<<