Wisconsin student-athletes urge fans to follow health guidelines in recent PSA

Student-athletes at the University of Wisconsin are the latest to urge their fans to follow health and safety guidelines, as surges in cases of COVID-19 continue to arise in varying parts of the country.

On Monday, Wisconsin’s athletic department released a video with student-athletes asking Badger fans to follow those health and safety guidelines set by government and medical professionals. Those recommendations include:

• Wearing a mask in public
• Social distancing
• Washing your hands

The effort is to help ensure that student-athletes — regardless of sport — will be able to participate in athletics during the upcoming academic year. With case spikes across the country, there’s a growing concern that college athletics will be severely impeding due to the ongoing public health crisis.

Below is the video shared by Wisconsin:

We're in this fight together, Badgers

The defensive game plan is simple:

😷 Wear a mask in public spaces
🤲 Wash your hands regularly
↔️ Physically distance 6 feet

Do it for us. Do it for yourself.
Do it for your fellow Badger.#BadgersDefend pic.twitter.com/wzRWIhM3W0

— Wisconsin Badgers (@UWBadgers) July 20, 2020

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB