Ohio State Had Football Players Sign Virus Risk Waiver

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The Ohio State University athletic department had returning football players sign a two-page electronic waiver titled the "Buckeye Pledge," which outlines the risks of contracting coronavirus through sports participation while encouraging the student-athletes to take specific measures to mitigate that risk.

Obtained through an open-records request by The Columbus Dispatch, the document asks players to “pledge to take responsibility for my own health and help stop the spread of the COVID-19. It warns athletes that “although the university is following the coronavirus guidelines issued by the CDC and other experts to reduce the spread of infection, I can never be completely shielded from all risk of illness caused by COVID-19 or other infections.”

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