CIARA:

A HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COLLEGE IS

NOW PROHIBITING SPECTATORS

DURING

SPORTING EVENTS.

22NEWS REPORTER NICK ARESCO IS

LIVE AT OUR HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

BUEARU TO

TELL US WHY AMHERST COLLEGE IS

TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS.

NICK ARESCO:

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WATCH AN

NCAA SPORTING EVENT AT AMHERST

COLLEGE

ANTIME SOON, AS THE COVID-19

VIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREAD.

ADMINISTRATORS AT AMHERST

COLLEGE HAVE MADE THE DECISION

TO PROHIBIT

SPECTATORS FROM ATTENDING ANY

NCAA GAMES AT THEIR FACILTIES.

THE COLLEGE SAID THEY ARE TAKING

PRECAUTIONS TO HELP KEEP THE

STUDENTS

AND COMMUNITY SAFE, WHILE THE

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CONTINUES

NOT ONLY HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS,

BUT AROUND THE GLOBE.

WE SPOKE TO ONE STUDENT-ATHLETE.

HE SAID ALTHOUGH HE AGREES WITH

THE DECISION, IT'S GOING TO BE A

MUCH

DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE NCAA

IS ALLOWING

GAMES TO CONTINUE AND ALLOWING

COMPETITION TO KEEP ON GOING BUT

I THINK IT'S WEIRD THAT

SPECTATORS

ARE NOT ALLOWED . I CAN'T EVEN

IMAGINE BEING A

PLAYER IMN ONE OF THE GAMES NOT

HEARING CROWDS CHEERING OR

CROWDS BOOING.

NICK :

IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG

SPECTATORS WILL BE BANNED -- BUT

IT COULD LAST FOR A

COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AMHERST COLLEGE HOPES FANS WATCH

THE GAMES ON LIVESTREAM INSTEAD.

NA, 22NEWS.