"I don't want to get out over my skis here but I believe that the incidents had nothing to do with athletic activity," New Jersey Gov. Updated 1958 GMT (0358 HKT) July 30, 2020.Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. The previous plan involved a season of exclusively in-conference games in largely empty stadiums on dormant campuses, beginning here with a September 5 game against Nebraska.Even if games were held in Piscataway, under current emergency regulations, no more than 500 people could attend the games, less than 1% of the maximum possible attendance at the football stadium.Throughout the high-profile debate on the fall season, the Rutgers University athletic department has apparently concealed from the public the true extent of the coronavirus outbreak taking place here in Piscataway.The entire football program has been quarantined since July 25, according to the official statement made that day, indicating a total of ten positive cases, without differentiating between players or coaches.“As a result, we have paused all in-person team activities, quarantined our entire program and will work diligently with Rutgers medical experts, and state and local officials to determine next steps,” read the brief statement.But no further steps were made public, even as the Star-Ledger’s Keith Sargent reported cases had nearly tripled to 28, about a quarter of the entire roster.Asked for an updated total of positive cases after the revelations in Sargent’s reporting, the team spokesperson told this reporter to look at the July 25 statement: “We provided the below statement to media on Saturday, July 25 and have made no additional comment since.”,Asked a follow-up question about the team’s testing protocol, Phillips said: “Don’t have anything else to add here.”,After we asked how frequently players were being tested, and if Rutgers was meeting Big Ten standards, Phillips said that the protocols requiring twice-weekly testing would not go into effect until “the start of the competitive season.”.It’s still unclear how frequently the team is being tested and how many players have contracted the virus.Charlie is the founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, and the winner of the Awbrey Award for Community-Oriented Local Journalism. 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Rutgers announced the quarantine and pause of in-person team activities last week after weekly tests brought the team total to 10 coronavirus cases.The program said in a statement Saturday it "will work diligently with Rutgers medical experts, and state and local officials to determine next steps. But officials never confirmed those numbers, and even after the season cancellation announcement, and would not say how many confirmed cases there were on the team. Rutgers football team in quarantine following a social gathering and players testing positive for Covid-19 By Ganesh Setty, CNN Updated 3:58 PM ET, Thu July 30, 2020 The official 2019 Football Roster for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Athletics Main Navigation Menu "We have had several circumstances where indoor and outdoor gatherings in our state have led to community clusters of Covid-19. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.CNN's Wayne Sterling contributed to this report.At least 15 players have tested positive for Covid-19 so far, according to New Jersey State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli. Rutgers plays its home games at SHI Stadium, in Piscataway, New Jersey. The team is currently led by head coach Greg Schiano. 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Report: Rutgers football COVID-19 outbreak linked to on-campus party (0:58) Adam Rittenberg reports on an outbreak of COVID-19 that led to a quarantine among the Rutgers football team … Phil Murphy said during a news conference Monday.Last week, Murphy issued an executive order that allowed outdoor sports activities to start up again in the state.The Rutgers outbreak should not affect that order, he said.Across the Big Ten Conference, Rutgers Football joins the Michigan State Spartans, which began a,intends to move to conference-only schedules. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team is notable for playing in the first ever intercollegiate football game in 1869, in which they defeated Princeton University by a score of 6–4. There's been an outbreak among Rutgers football players with 15 of them currently testing positive," she said during a news conference Wednesday, listing other outbreaks across the state.A Rutgers Athletics spokesperson, however, could neither confirm to CNN that the cases were tied to a gathering nor provide further details.The Middlesex County Office of Health Services was not immediately available for comment.The Scarlet Knights have seen a growing number of positive cases after the team returned to campus June 15.
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