Costs of COVID-19 testing a big reason why WIAC canceled fall sports

Costs of COVID-19 testing a big reason why WIAC canceled fall sports

WILL BE NO FOOTBALLAT UW OSHKOSH THISYEAR...TODAY I SPOKE ONEON ONE WITH THETITANS LONGTIMEHEAD COACH...IT'S BEEN AN UP ANDDOWN YEAR FOR PATCERRONI..."Hall of Fame one day, noseason the next.

Story ofmy life, Brandon."THE NEWLY-MINTEDW-F-C-A HALL OFFAMER IS NOWDEALING WITH THENEWS...THAT HIS SEASON -IS CANCELED..."Thousands of peoplehave said to me 'oh they'llnever cancel football.'Well they just did.

Sothat's over with now andnow we can focus onwhat's going to happen inthe next 12 months."CERRONI SAYS THEDECISION TO CANCELTHE SEASON WASABOVE HIS HEAD...HE UNDERSTANDSIT..."They're just trying toprotect people."BUT DOES FEEL U-W-O COULD HAVEKEPT ITS PLAYERSHEALTHY..."In the past we've hadoutbreaks of merca, theflu, mono... and we'vehandled those situations.

Iknow this is a terrible virusand all that but just giveus a chance to try and Ithink we would do a goodjob."HE CREDITS THEU-W-O ATHLETICDEPARTMENT FORGETTING A HEALTHAND SAFETY PLAN INPLACE...BUT REGULATIONSRELEASED BY THE N-C-A-A ON JULY 16th...ULTIMATELYSPELLED DOOM FORTHE SEASON...They just became sounattainable that's wheneverything started to rollbackwards.

Testingbecame the issue.""Financially testingbecame the issue?""You're talking 8 thousandtests per year.

That's a lotof money."SO NOW - THETITANS ARE ON TONEXT SEASON...THEY HOPE TO HOLDSOME PRACTICESTHIS FALL...GETTING READY FORWHAT THEY HOPE IS ANATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP RUNIN 20-21..."It ain't gonna die.

Footballis gonna be around.

It'sjust... We gotta take ayear off."CERRONI SAYS HETHINKS THISSITUATION WILLCHANGE THEOUTLOOK OF DIVISION3 FOOTBALL...HE SAYS HE THINKSMANY PROGRAMS - ATSMALLER SCHOOLSESPECIALLY - COULDBE IN FINANCIALTROUBLE...BUT BELIEVES ALLTHE W-I-A-C SCHOOLSWILL EMERGE INGOOD SHAPE...JON...CAMERON HAS A