If you were excited about any forthcoming University of Michigan athletics events, you’re gonna have to wait a minute.

Cases of COVID-19 in Ann Arbor have been skyrocketing as of recent, but just as importantly, there has been a detection of the new variant which is even more contagious, but no more deadly. As a result, according to The Michigan Daily’s Ethan Sears, the state of Michigan is pulling the plug, and the whole of Michigan athletics will be put on pause for two weeks.

The decision was made not by athletic department powers-that-be, but state of Michigan health department officials.