Injecting himself in the decision to postpone the 2020 Big Ten season, President Donald Trump lobbied Commissioner Kevin Warren to immediately plan on a start of a fall football season, injecting politics into what league leaders said was a science-based decision. (more…)
Tag Archives | 2020 NCAA football season
SEC COVID-19 measures announced
SEC COVID-19 measures were announced yesterday, as the conference navigates a 2020 season marked by a severely limited number of fans at the stadium and plenty of mandatory mitigation measures, including masks in most of the stadium. (more…)
2020 Big 12 football season is on with revised schedule
The 2020 Big 12 football season is on, as the conference releases a revised schedule with conference matchups beginning September 26 and a single nonconference game allowed. (more…)
What will a spring 2021 NCAA season look like?
What will a spring 2021 NCAA season look like, now that the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference have canceled their fall football seasons? Nothing is firm, but some league coaches and ADs already have expressed some thoughts. (more…)
Big Ten postpones 2020 football season to spring 2021
The Big Ten is postponing all fall sports, including the 2020 football season and all championships and tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
Mountain West postpones 2020 football season
Another FBS conference has postponed its 2020 football season, as the Mountain West Conference announced the move in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
MAC postpones 2020 football season; Power 5 may follow suit
With the Mid-American Conference (MAC) joining the Ivy League in postponing all fall sports, including football, leaders of the Power 5 football conferences held an emergency meeting last night to discuss whether to postpone the 2020 football season to spring 2021. (more…)
2020 college football season in flux
With the 2020 college football season in flux and seemingly shrinking day by day, the financial impact of a COVID-19 pandemic-slammed season will be felt by entities big and small. (more…)
Fauci, NFL differ on approaches to COVID-19 prevention
As Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that fall football will be a complicated undertaking in terms of player safety and COVID-19 prevention, NFL officials say it won’t be necessary to create a “bubble” around players. (more…)
More schools announce in-person fall semesters as planning for NCAA football season continues
More universities are announcing a commitment to in-person fall semesters and raising the possibility of a 2020 NCAA football season, but plenty of COVID-19 mitigation planning needs to take place. (more…)