The fate of another college football bowl game is in doubt due to Covid, with the upcoming Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl being pulled by the Broncos due to an outbreak of players.
Alexander Teubner carries the hammer, offensive lineman Will Farrar carries the flag, and defensive tackle Scott Matlock carries the flag. This photo was taken by Steve Conner.
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Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, made the announcement on Monday.
The Arizona Bowl has historically been a lower-tier game on the bowl schedule, but this year's event has been more highly anticipated due to Barstool Sports, a controversy-prone digital media company.
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The University of Miami dropped out of the Sun Bowl on Sunday due to a Covid outbreak.
The games are scheduled to be played on New Year's Eve.
Washington State is committed to staying in the Sun Bowl, despite the lobbying of Portnoy, who wanted the team to switch to the Arizona Bowl. The Sun Bowl has aPayout of $4.55 million, while the Arizona Bowl has aPayout of $350,000.
Bowls have had to cancel three games due to rising Covid cases among college football players. The Military Bowl was canceled on Sunday, while the Hawaii Bowl was canceled on Thursday. The country has recently averaged nearly 200,000 new Covid cases a day, which is the highest level since January. The new omicron variant of coronaviruses is highly transmissible and will cause a spike in Covid in the United States.
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Three women were accused of sexual abuse by Portnoy in an Insider article. The Barstool founder denied the claims, saying he'd never had nonconsensual sex.
More bowl games have been called off because of Covid.
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