As the college football season gets underway in some places—but not others—student athletes are being tested much more than their fellow undergraduates
When Kansas State’s football team takes the field against Arkansas State on Saturday, the athletic department will have administered more than 750 coronavirus tests this week to its 255 fall sports athletes and coaches, as required by Big 12 Conference health protocols that call for thrice-weekly testing.
The rest of the university’s 21,000 students aren’t getting the same scrutiny. Those students can volunteer to participate in a sampling program that will administer up to 275 tests a week, though the school has the capacity...
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