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NCAA's COVID-19 safety recommendations for college football include testing within 72 hours of game days — and a stern warning

As college sports tries to determine the safest way to return amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA on Thursday released a set of guidelines and a foreboding statement from the organization's president.

Among the NCAA recommendations are testing football players within 72 hours of each game and isolating players who have prolonged contact with anyone who tests positive.

Similar measures were detailed in a draft of a document, obtained and reported by Sports Illustrated, for teams in the Power Five conferences. The protocols would be required

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