The SEC has expanded its coronavirus management requirements to include a third weekly test prior to competition and enhanced screening for myocarditis and other heart ailments associated with COVID-19, the conference announced on Friday.
The SEC, which, along with the ACC and Big 12 are the remaining FBS conferences planning to play football and other fall sports, previously announced a minimum of two PCR tests, which are used to directly detect the presence of the coronavirus, during weeks of competition.
The SEC’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force has now recommended a third rapid diagnostic test each week for close-contact sports.