Ohio State football players and their parents were asked to sign an acknowledgement of risk waiver about the coronavirus.

Ohio State football players and their parents were asked to sign an acknowledgement of risk waiver about the coronavirus before returning to workouts on June 8, athletic director Gene Smith told ESPN’s Heather Dinich on Sunday.

According to multiple reports, the document, called the “Buckeye Pledge,” asks players to “help stop the spread of the COVID-19” and accept that, “I may be exposed to COVID-19 and other infections.”

It adds that players who returned for voluntary workouts agree to testing and potential self-quarantining as well as says players agree to abide to Centers for Disease Control guidelines. 

A school spokesman told ESPN that every football player has signed the waiver. 

Smith told ESPN it is intended more for educational purposes than for liability reasons. 

“That’s why we call it a pledge,” he said. “We don’t look