Dr. Samuel Stanley, the current president of Michigan State, knows a thing or two about infection diseases, considering the fact that he has a real medical background specifically in infectious diseases. That background makes him an important voice in the Big Ten conference’s decision-making process related to COVID-19.
After postponing the fall sports season, there is a lot of uncertainty still around the winter sports season, which would include the hugely popular basketball season. On a call with reporters, Stanley was asked if the Big Ten would consider mirroring the very successful NBA and NHL bubble seasons, to which Stanley replied: “Those are certainly on the table.”
“I don’t think it’s impossible,” he said. “I think the NBA is showing that there are ways in which you can do this and do it effectively. The question is how well does it adapt to college? And so I think this is something we’ll be looking at. And something again, as the Big Ten looks at fall sports potentially in the springtime, we’re also taking a look, a hard look, at how one might do other sports like basketball or ice hockey or so on, and do them safely.”
