ACC women's basketball program announces it has opted out of the season after playing four games
The women’s basketball program from Duke started off the season with a promising 3-1 record but after being forced to shut down the program on Dec. 16, the team announced on Saturday that the Blue Devils are done for the season.
In other words, Duke’s women’s basketball team has opted out.
It will be interesting to see if this puts any pressure on the Duke’s men’s team to do the same.
Here is the statement issued by Duke’s VP for public affairs, Michael Schoenfeld:
“The student-athletes on the Duke women’s basketball team have made the difficult decision to conclude their current season due to safety concerns. We support their decision, as we have supported the choices made by all student-athletes at Duke during this unprecedented time.
“Duke will maintain our current schedule of competition in other sports and will continue to observe our rigorous health and safety protocols, which include daily testing for all student-athletes and are based on guidance from leading medical experts.”
Duke was in its first season under coach Kara Lawson, who was hired from the Boston Celtics.
We have opted out of the 2020-21 season. pic.twitter.com/Hwlv3cp1tH
— Duke Women’s Basketball (@DukeWBB) December 25, 2020