2:43 PM ET Family members of Ohio State coaches and student-athletes are no longer permitted to attend sporting events for teams playing this fall due to a stay-at-home order in Columbus, Ohio. The decision is immediate and means Ohio State will not have any family members in the stands for its game against Indiana on Saturday. The decision not allowing family members at football games will be reevaluated prior to Ohio State’s game against Michigan on Dec. 12. The school had allowed a few hundred people at the first two home football games. Family members of Ohio State’s men’s and women’s basketball and hockey student-athletes and coaches will not be allowed at games through the remainder of 2020, however. The move to close Buckeyes contests to spectators aligns with the Columbus Department of Health’s stay-at-home order, which goes into effect at 6 p.m. ET Friday and will be in place…
Continue Reading: Ohio State refusing family members amid rising COVID-19 cases, to reevaluate prior to Michigan game
