UH football players say they have not been tested for COVID-19 despite claimed "clean bill of health

In a recent article by the Star Advertiser on Sunday, where the University of Hawaii came out and said their players were covid free, the players came out calling malarkey.

Senior DL Mason Vega tweeted "we have not been tested, stop the cap". Jr CB Akil Francisco) tweeted out, "all cap".  However, the most damaging tweet came from former punter Ben Scruton.

Scruton tweeted, "Someone doesn't know the facts or is hiding the truth about what's going on. Multiple lads I know haven't received a test at all for this to be remotely true. People still think the virus shit is a joke, protect these MEN! These are human beings not tools for wealth."

The university is not disclosing any information about the test so called issued to the players. Schools like thee Ohio State Buckeyes among others, have canceled all training prior to the season. 

In a quote from the article, it states "Approximately 100 football student-athletes are working out, and none (has) tested positive since arriving on campus (two weeks ago),” officials wrote in an email to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser..."

Tanner Haworth sports editor for Ka Leo broke the story and wrote, "Many players voiced their indifferences to the report on Twitter, many replying with the “cap” emoji, another way of saying someone is lying (i.e. “Stop capping”). "

Covid is already costing the school millions from losses of games this season. The last thing the Rainbow Warriors need is to lose more due to improper handling of the coronavirus. While this will go unnoticed by the casual college football fan, this is sure to draw the attention of the NCAA. 

National Championship Is A Joke

The NCAA national championship is not designed for all teams to win due to the way the BCS is set up.

After the Army vs Hawaii game, I was listening to the post game show on ESPN Honolulu radio. The broad caster said "each team is limited to what bowls they can play in due to their conference." Of course this had me wondering what that means for the national championship. So I texted in and asked if Hawaii could play for it. The response I got was "technically the door has to be open to all teams but realistically with the way the system is set up, it's a no." They went on to say "There are undefeated teams that cannot even compete for a shot." Basically that the system is not designed for all teams to compete.

Theoretically if Hawaii can best Boise State, They should be close enough to the Top 25 in 2020, to break into it. That's also not gonna happen because what a team does previously unless you're a big name, big money conference school, just dosen't matter. The college football bowl series and national championship is designed to keep a handful of schools in the top 40 and only about 1/4 of those schools can actually compete for the National championship.

Attendance is down for many student body sections. The reason is the student bodys have come to terms across our country that the system is a joke and their school have zero chances of winning an important bowl game or making progress towards being number one. Thus the current NCAA BCS series and playoffs are chasing money away from programs. This all could be fixed but the powers that be are making too much off the current schools to make it fair to the nation. It's quid pro quo, they keep the top schools on top and the top schools keep certain individuals wallets' fat.