TAMU Forced Out Of Gator Bowl Thanks To Ridiculous Covid Rule
Texas A&M is unable to play in the upcoming Gator Bowl against Wake Forest on Dec. 31 due to a COVID outbreak.
Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger reports that the Aggies do not have enough players to play in the game. Gator is now searching for a replacement bowl team but would need another bowl game impacted by COVID to successfully find a replacement team.
If a bowl is not played, teams do not receive the payout. Nick Carparelli told SI that there are no possibilities of a replacement like last season. The Gator Bowl payout is $5.35M.
247Sports reports the following:
As Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley puts it, COVID is not keeping players out of games. The COVID rules are.