PITTSBURGH – In a different time, the way a number of Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi's players felt when they woke up last Thursday morning would not have been overly alarming.It is 2020.Headache.
Body ache. When the players self-reported the symptoms as they've been instructed in the age of the COVID-19, Narduzzi immediately went into high alert.
He told the affected players to call the trainer immediately. He canceled practice, addressed the athletes already at the team's practice facility by position group and ordered them back to their apartments without so much as taking a shower.“So it scares you,” Narduzzi said Monday. “You’ve got to be safe.