Power 5 Not on Level Playing Field with CDC Update

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The Power 5 conferences are allowing their schools to follow new CDC guidelines with a shorter quarantine time for those in contact-tracing protocol, conference leaders tell Sports Illustrated.

Medical advisory groups in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 have adopted or plan to adopt the new guidelines this week, but with a caveat that is leaving the playing field uneven: A school’s local health department has to have adopted the new guidelines. Some state and local health departments have done adopted the guidelines announced last week by the CDC while others have not — creating frustrations for programs attempting to complete a football season and begin a basketball season amid a pandemic.

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