"University of Montana football players who took to Twitter to question the Missoula City-County Health Department's coronavirus quarantine restrictions — and who broadcast the county's COVID-19 incident commander's cell number — have since apologized, according to the UM athletic director.
The athletes also repeatedly texted Incident Commander Cindy Farr with their frustrations over the quarantine procedures.
The first post, from redshirt freshman Kale Edwards read, "@MslaHealthDept @MissoulaCounty and Cindy Farr Total deaths in MT from COVID to date: 143 State pop 1,070,000 By age group: ZERO deaths under 30 1 death under 40 5 total deaths under 50 But let’s quarantine the 18-22 year old football team?"
Earlier this month the UM athletic training facility — The Champions Center — was shut down for four days due to a positive cases among student athletes. On Sept. 21 the Montana Kaimin reported that the entire Grizzly men's and women's cross-country teams were under quarantine."
[While football players are so high profile that they need to keep their mouths shut, I agree with what Kale Edwards said.]
https://missoulian.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/university-of-montana/montana-grizzly-football-players-apologize-for-tweets-over-virus-restrictions/article_46800ea6-cdcc-5c0d-8d1b-24b4f53643f8.html
"Missoula County updates sporting event guidelines; will allow 500 spectators"
"Missoula County will now allow 500 spectators to attend sporting events, as long as the venue can accommodate 500 fans while following the safety guidelines provided by the Missoula County Health Officer's Order issued on May 28.
Prior to this update, Missoula County only allowed for two fans per home player on the field and did not allow for visiting spectators.
Under the new rules, visiting fans will be allowed, and the number of tickets issued is decided by the home team."
[Finally, the Missoula county health people are loosening up a bit on sports. The attendance limitation has been ridiculous. This is an improvement. It probably doesn't go far enough.]
https://www.kpax.com/high-school/missoula-county-updates-sporting-event-guidelines-will-allow-500-spectators
The athletes also repeatedly texted Incident Commander Cindy Farr with their frustrations over the quarantine procedures.
The first post, from redshirt freshman Kale Edwards read, "@MslaHealthDept @MissoulaCounty and Cindy Farr Total deaths in MT from COVID to date: 143 State pop 1,070,000 By age group: ZERO deaths under 30 1 death under 40 5 total deaths under 50 But let’s quarantine the 18-22 year old football team?"
Earlier this month the UM athletic training facility — The Champions Center — was shut down for four days due to a positive cases among student athletes. On Sept. 21 the Montana Kaimin reported that the entire Grizzly men's and women's cross-country teams were under quarantine."
[While football players are so high profile that they need to keep their mouths shut, I agree with what Kale Edwards said.]
https://missoulian.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/university-of-montana/montana-grizzly-football-players-apologize-for-tweets-over-virus-restrictions/article_46800ea6-cdcc-5c0d-8d1b-24b4f53643f8.html
"Missoula County updates sporting event guidelines; will allow 500 spectators"
"Missoula County will now allow 500 spectators to attend sporting events, as long as the venue can accommodate 500 fans while following the safety guidelines provided by the Missoula County Health Officer's Order issued on May 28.
Prior to this update, Missoula County only allowed for two fans per home player on the field and did not allow for visiting spectators.
Under the new rules, visiting fans will be allowed, and the number of tickets issued is decided by the home team."
[Finally, the Missoula county health people are loosening up a bit on sports. The attendance limitation has been ridiculous. This is an improvement. It probably doesn't go far enough.]
https://www.kpax.com/high-school/missoula-county-updates-sporting-event-guidelines-will-allow-500-spectators
