75 of 123 Texas Tech Football Players have Already Tested Positive for Covid

[Stallion]

this is simply negligence-outrageous and it raises the liklihood that these coaches are attempting to secure herd immunity prior to the Big 12 season for competitive advantage. Note that a school is only allowed 85 scholarships so about 38 of these players are walkons. What is worse is that at no time did the university suspend practices as several schools have done to reduce covid. If I was a parent I'd be yanking my kid out that school immediately because they obvious don't give a damn about their student athletes. I believe this may not be uncommon. I suspect that based upon prior reports schools like Clemson and Alabama may have similiar numbers

Note even with these high numbers they went ahead and played Houston Baptist in their season opener and almost lost what would have been their worst loss in school history

They don't give a damn

https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/red-raider-nation/75-texas-tech-football-players-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-since-testing-began/

[efhmc]

1. Football first and die and spread disease later. I know the Texas football rules.

[uponit7771]

2. And there will be some with some tore up lungs who are going to try and play again. This is sick ...

... and US universities are showing they're all about money and could give a damn about the students.

[czarjak]

3. You don't know about TT's worst losses, do you?

Their last out-right conference championship was in 1956. “Strive for Honor” though. “Fearless Champions”, too.

[Stallion]

5. Actually I do-Been a 57 year Season Ticket Holder to a Former SWC Rival and Went to Law School There

Houston Baptist just started their program a few years ago

[czarjak]

9. There's been some doozies for sure over the years. Losing to HBU would have ranked right up there.

[Stallion]

10. Full Disclosure: Hint as to my Undergraduate School

With :17 left Tech appears to tie the undefeated No. 2 team in the Country. I actually was attending Tech Law School at the time. They call it the Miracle on 4th Street

&ab_channel=SMUMustangs

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. All they care about is the $$

The kids/players have NEVER been anything other than fodder.

[greenjar_01]

6. The new mantra, again, is "Young and Healthy, Let'em Get It."

This is where we live now.

[Hekate]

7. That's not how herd immunity works

[Klaralven]

8. Football is a big deal in Texas -- 12 killed, 27 injured in the Aggie Bonfire Collapse

At approximately 2:42 a.m.[a] on November 18, 1999, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, United States, collapsed during its construction, killing 12 people and injuring 27.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Aggie_Bonfire_collapse

[Grokenstein]

11. Maybe they should change their mascot

from the Red Raiders to the Red Death.