LSU plans June 1 return for athletes

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LSU intends for student-athletes to return to campus June 1 when the Southeastern Conference may lift its suspension of activities, but athletic director Scott Woodward said the athletic department can adjust if plans change.

“I see sometime in June our student-athletes getting back to campus,” Woodward said.

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LSU’s assistant football coaches returned to the facilities last Monday, marking the first part of a three-pronged approach to regaining some form of normalcy within the athletic department.
Woodward said LSU feels ready for the second phase of its plan: bringing student-athletes back to campus.

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Once student-athletes can return to LSU, they will go through a system developed by Mullenix, which includes testing and temperature readings, to ensure their health. Then LSU will register them for summer classes and players will begin working out with strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt.

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However, Woodward knows the virus can force an alteration of those plans in the coming months, and he doesn’t yet have an answer for if fans will be allowed into the stadiums.

“This is the one we have no idea about,” Woodward said. “When are we going to get butts in the seats? I don't know the answer to that. I think probably middle of the summer sometime we're going to have to decide what we want to do.”

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