Coastal Carolina already had one of the smaller athletic budgets in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and that was before a 15% spending cut was ordered because of projected declines in state funding and student fees stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
Facing the prospect of having to pay for testing of returning athletes and staff for the virus this summer, athletic director Matt Hogue went to work finding a way to defray costs. His 19-sport program includes about 450 athletes, and with individual tests currently costing about $100, testing could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars by the end of the 2020-21 academic year.
A few hours' drive from Coastal Carolina, East Carolina is dealing with managing the cost of testing and safety protocols amid financial problems that led the American Athletic Conference school to cut four varsity sports in May.
"We're not going to skimp," Moos said. "That is a legitimate expense and it's something we are prepared to incur." Sean Murray, president of Eurofins laboratory in Des Moines, Iowa, said pooling screens a large group of asymptomatic people when there is an expectation few of them will test positive; it would not save time or resources in virus hot spots.
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