Michigan State pauses voluntary football workouts after staff member tests positive for COVID-19
Michigan State football announced late Wednesday that the program would be pausing workouts after one staff member had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Michigan State football announced late Wednesday that the program would be pausing workouts after one staff member had tested positive for COVID-19.
Michigan State University athletics announced temporary pay cuts Thursday for any staff member making $100,000 or greater for the next year. MSU Athletic Director Bill Beekman will be taking a 10% pay cut, head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo and head football coach Mel Tucker will each take a 7% pay cut.
The Big Ten became the first big domino to fall in making a change to the upcoming fall college sports schedule when the conference decided that they would be participating in a conference-only schedule for the fall. The one heading up that decision is Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, who was appointed to the position in June of last year.
The Michigan State Athletic Department has announced changes to their season ticket plans, including pausing the purchase of student ticket plans and sale of public tickets as well as adjusting the amount of tickets being sold.
Michigan State Athletic Director Bill Beekman earlier this month told reporters in a Zoom conference that they are planning on having fans in the stands for football this fall, but only at 20-30% capacity. Student-athletes from football, men’s and women’s basketball, and volleyball are all returning for voluntary workouts on campus and practice plans are being put in place for the possibility of college sports returning this fall. Getting athletes on the field is difficult as is, let alone having spectators coming back to pack in stadiums.
The Big Ten Conference has put words into action by launching the Big Ten’s Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, as well as launching a voter registration campaign in light of the recent unrest in the United States over police violence and systemic racism.
The NCAA’s Division I Football Oversight Committee passed a practice plan for the upcoming football season that adds two extra weeks of walk-throughs and another week of workouts that can be with coaches to the original preseason start because of the loss of spring practices due to COVID-19. The NCAA Division I Council will vote on the plan next Wednesday.
Michigan State Athletic Director Bill Beekman announced in a teleconference with reporters last week that MSU is planning on going ahead as scheduled with football as of right now. The Spartans' first game is on Sept. 5 against Northwestern. Beekman said that MSU is planning on opening Spartan Stadium to fans, but only at 20-30% capacity with priority given to students, season ticket holders and major donors.
Imagine a fall Saturday in East Lansing: Leaves are turning orange and red and the banks of the Red Cedar River creep through tailgate spots and onto Spartan Stadium. It’s game day and it’s a beautiful day for football — only no one's tailgating, students aren’t making the hike to Spartan Stadium and the marching band isn’t making its way through the streets. The sounds of a football Saturday in East Lansing are silent now and Spartan Stadium is empty.
After a college basketball team cuts down the nets, college sports fans' engagement tends to simmer down during the summer months as its two main spectacles — college football and college basketball — come to an end.
Michigan State entered this weekend's NFL draft with the third-longest active streak of having at least one player selected, with a Spartan being drafted in each of the last 79 years.
When former Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio stepped down on Feb. 4, assistant coach Mike Tressel was appointed as interim head coach. There was talk that Tressel would remain there, at least for the 2020 season. While the search stretched on, there were players and fans calling for Harlon Barnett to return to the Spartans from Florida State and assume the head coaching role. Both Tressel and Barnett, head coaching candidates, came back to the Spartans, neither as head coach.
This year’s NFL draft will be anything but normal in the age of a global pandemic as the draft will be held virtually instead of on a large stage in front of fans. But it is expected that an MSU Spartan will be drafted for the 80th consecutive year. Here’s an outlook at some of the guys who might have their name called in this year’s virtual draft.
Los Angeles Rams center and former Spartan Brian Allen has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer.
“Even though it didn't go the way I thought I was going to go it went exactly the way God thought it was going to go.”
In a perfect world, spring football would already be well underway, the Spartans would be preparing for the spring game and the players and new coaching staff would’ve been bonding and developing in person. Instead, football meetings are being held over Zoom and players will have to wait for that first contact, but the adjustments haven't stopped them from trying to operate as normal as possible from home.
Over the last few weeks, with strict social distancing guidelines in place due to COVID-19, the Michigan State football staff has been participating in teleconferences with the media. Special Teams and Linebackers Coach Ross Els spoke with the media last Thursday and was asked if he had anyone in mind to be the punt or kick returners for next season.
Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker received his first verbal commitment from three-star Oak Park, Michigan High School running back Davion Primm.
When Chris Kapilovic was tapped to be the new offensive line coach at Michigan State by Head Coach Mel Tucker this February, he was tasked with quite the challenge rebuilding an offensive line that was ranked 114th out of 130 offensive lines in the country by Pro Football Focus.
No one has any idea what to expect anymore.