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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas State athletes have been protesting over an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd. The Wichita Eagle reports that those attending the rally in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday said the university administration’s promise to address racial injustice at the school did not go far enough. Student Jaden McNeil's tweet last month led to an uproar among students, with several football players and other athletes threatening to boycott if the university didn’t take any action. The school responded by launching a diversity and education fund to support initiatives but said it would be unlawful to expel McNeil.
UNDATED (AP) — Colleges might have to pay into the hundreds of thousands of dollars to have their football players and other athletes tested for coronavirus. Many athletic departments already are in financial binds because of declines in state funding and student fees stemming from the pandemic. Especially hard hit are the small-budget schools on the lower end of the Football Bowl Subdivision. Methods are being developed that would allow multiple athletes to be tested simultaneously. That would provide some cost savings. An individual coronavirus test now runs about $100.
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