John Calipari says he’s keeping his Kentucky players in a bubble, but if there happens to be a positive COVID-19 test there’s no choice but to shut down for 14 days.
Check out his comments via Forbes:
“You’d have no choice. We don’t run this, the virus runs us,” Calipari said during a Zoom call Monday in response to my question on the subject.
If that happens during the season, it could mean postponing several games.
“After the 25th [of November when the season starts], I don’t know how this thing’s going to play out,” he said. “And I will tell you, if one of our guys is positive and is traced, we’re out 14 days.”
Calipari added that the virus is spiking and will likely get worse if people continue to ignore protocols and recommendations:
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Calipari said if a player tests positive, Kentucky would “have to make conditioning available to them….They should be able to condition, if they have no symptoms, away from our team.”
He said no one should have to quarantine and isolate for 14 days without any contact even if they test positive.
“Hardened criminals are not thrown in jail to where they can’t come out of a room for 14 days, they’re just not,” he said. “We have to figure that part of it out for all these players.”
Alabama football coach Nick Saban and Florida coach Dan Mullen have tested positive for the virus, but Calipari said he’s not overly worried about getting it because he has no “underlying” conditions.”
“It is spiking,” he said of the virus. “Is it going to continue to spike? If people don’t wear masks and act like this is nothing, yeah, it’s going to.”
