Chapel Hill, NC – Tar heels are in place.
A men’s basketball game at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scheduled Monday night against the University of Miami, has been postponed, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced just hours before the tip-off.
UNC Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham said: “We are disappointed that tonight’s match against Miami is postponed and we hope that every effort will be made to reschedule the game.”
Daily Tar Heel released a video showing UNC players Armando Bacot and Day’ron Sharpe partying without masks on Saturday after their victory over Duke University.
A spokesman for UNC Athletics confirmed that the video is part of the reason the game was postponed.
“I contacted UNC and ACC and none of them say it is [canceled because of the video], but according to one of my sources, when you see Day’ron Sharpe and Armando Bacot, two of the best players in North Carolina, they don’t follow protocol … which leads you to the question of tracking contacts and other potential risks “Not only for the North Carolina team but also for Miami,” said Joe Giglio, WRALSportsFan sports specialist.
“It’s definitely something to frown on, but I’d say almost all of my friends went without a mask this year at some point,” said freshman Ira Wilder. “I didn’t see too many people in the video, so it may have been blown a little disproportionately. [I’m] disappointed that the game was canceled. We are all looking forward to seeing her. ”
Some UNC-Chapel Hill students said other students did not take the pandemic as seriously as they should.
“It looks OK to go out without a mask,” Anyelin Lopez said of the video. “I do not take her seriously. It must be implemented. ”
Lopez, who is a waitress at Chapel Hill Que Chula restaurant, said what she saw over the weekend was scary – not only for her health, but also for her job.
“This is your livelihood, so you can’t close again,” she added. “We can’t close again. It would destroy the salaries of many people. There are limited people who can work in restaurants.”
“We’re starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we have to be very careful and careful in what we do to get to the end of this pandemic,” Wilder said.
Chapel Hill leaders, including Mayor Pam Hemminger, will meet with UNC-Chapel Hill leadership on Wednesday to discuss stronger measures to prevent COVID-19 violations.
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