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Update on attendance at Kansas Athletics
Earlier this year, we created the Pandemic Medical Advisory Team to guide our decisions related to campus operations.
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Earlier this year, we created the Pandemic Medical Advisory Team to guide our decisions related to campus operations. This team comprises nine of the region’s top public health officials and has been instrumental to our efforts to begin the fall semester in a way that prioritizes health and safety.

 

Today I am writing to let you know that, at the advice of the Pandemic Medical Advisory Team, we will begin our fall athletics season without fans in attendance. This includes our first home football game Sept. 12 against Coastal Carolina and all Kansas Athletics competitions at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, Rock Chalk Park and Rim Rock Farm through September.

 

In addition, tailgating will not be permitted on campus for the Sept. 12 football game.

 

We know this is disappointing to those of you who planned to be on campus to root for the Jayhawks. Our football, volleyball, soccer and cross country contests will not be the same without you there. But this is the right decision for our community at this time.

 

We will continue to evaluate safety conditions with the hope that we can welcome fans to athletics events after September. We will report back to you as we approach our second home football game, which is slated for Oct. 3 against Oklahoma State.

 

For those of you with tickets to upcoming Jayhawks sporting events, Kansas Athletics will contact you in the days ahead.

 

One final thought: It will undoubtedly be disappointing for our student-athletes to not have you cheering from the stands. So if you have the opportunity to interact with these remarkable young men and women when they aren’t competing, please tell them how much you appreciate their resilience amid all this uncertainty, and remind them how important they are to our university.

 

Thank you for all you are doing to help us continue our mission of education, service and research while prioritizing health and safety.

 

Respectfully,

 

Doug

 

Douglas A. Girod
Chancellor
University of Kansas

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