A rapid antigen test for COVID-19 could be a key factor in the Big Ten Conference starting a delayed football season.
The league’s coaches have come up with a plan for an eight-game season, conference games only, that would start Thanksgiving week.
Players for the Nebraska Cornhuskers just filed a lawsuit in an effort to overturn the conference decision to call off or delay the 2020 season.
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez and other league officials have said it is important to be able to get rapid coronavirus test results if games are going to be played.
The F-D-A this week gave approval to the test designed by Abbott Labs that offers results in just 15 minutes.
