“We were looking at $30,000 just to test all of our fall student-athletes one time, and then all of a sudden it becomes you should do this … once a week. That’s not realistic. And,to be honest, does that serve the community, that we’re testing our kids all the time? Would we even have the availability? [Those recommendations] changed the game for a lot of schools on ourlevel. To be honest, I think that changes the game for a lot of [Division I] schools that aren’t in the Power Five. That’s just a monumental thing to try to do. That, to me, was the nailin the coffin for now.”
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