Nationwide conference: Postponement of the 2020 college football season and all fall sports.

[kpete]

Sources: Power 5 Conferences Moving Toward Canceling Fall Sports

High-level conference meetings are being planned for this week across the college football landscape with the expected resolution of postponing fall sports until 2021, multiple sources have told Sports Illustrated.

“It’s gotten to a critical stage,” one conference commissioner told Sports Illustrated Sunday, after a conference call between the heads of the Power 5 conferences. “I think all of us will be meeting with our boards in the coming days. We have work to do that is no fun.”

Dominoes started falling in earnest Saturday when the Mid-American Conference postponed fall sports. The Big Ten followed with an announcement that it was pausing its scheduled progression to full-pads football practices. A well-placed source told SI Saturday, “I think by the end of the week the fall sports will be postponed in all conferences.”

Even that timetable might be accelerated. Sources told SI on Sunday that the Big Ten is moving toward a decision to cancel the 2020 fall season, while engaging other Power 5 conferences on a uniform decision to be announced later this week.

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[Stallion]

1. Haven't Missed a Home Game in about 57 Years

in fact I was too young to remember my first game. But I haven't renewed this year on ethical grounds. I was hopeful and willing to see how it played out but here in Texas we have a positivity rate above 20%. Just not a priority now.

[sarcasmo]

2. Smart move, the NFL will be next.

[Sherman A1]

27. Hopefully the will make that decision quickly

Before we see more folks test positive.

[jalan48]

3. This should give the players more time to focus on their academics.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Even the S-E-Cede?

Should be interesting in the South if they're denied their college football.

[Botany]

6. The SEC jumped out of this season 2 weeks ago

And yes when Bubba Joe Jr. doesn't get his 'bama football he is gonna be pissed.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. Did they really?! Wow, I totally missed it.

I'm impressed and applaud their action!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Wait... what? That's not what I see online.

They cancelled OOC games, but other conferences already did that. (Other conferences cancelled all of their games, like the Ivy League.) It's certainly not like they lead the way.

[Botany]

9. I think they tried to put some lipstick on the pig after they first said they were out of ...

.... football for 2020 but the outcome was already a "done deal." Just a meter of time before the NFL
and MLB shut it down.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. I bet the Big Ten or Pac-12 will be the first to cancel...

... despite how their teams are generally located in less-infected states.

Then the other Power-5 conferences will grudgingly follow suit.

[BGBD]

22. Pac-12 isn't in lower areas.

Four of their teams are in California. Arizona isn't in great shape either.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

32. I'm focused on percentages.

Arizona indeed had the highest percentage of positive cases at one time, but not California. California has a huge population, so their overall cases will always be relatively high.

Current positive cases as a percentage (new infections) per Covid-19 Projections:
https://covid19-projections.com

SEC:
Mississippi: 20.5%
Texas: 20.4%
Florida: 17.3%
Alabama: 15.6%
South Carolina: 13.7%
Arkansas: 13.0%
Missouri: 12.4%
Georgia: 10.9%
Tennessee: 8.7%
Louisiana: 7.2%
Kentucky: 6.5%

Pac-12:
Arizona: 12.6%
Utah: 8.3%
Colorado: 6.6%
Oregon 6.3%
Washington: 6.2% (last week before they had reporting issues)
California: 5.8%

Big Ten:
Iowa: 9.3%
Indiana: 8.6%
Nebraska: 8.0%
Minnesota: 6.9%
Wisconsin: 6.2%
Maryland: 5.3%
Pennsylvania: 5.1%
Ohio: 5.1%
Illinois: 4.1%
Michigan: 2.5%
New Jersey: 1.5%

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Source??

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. They only cancelled the out-of-conference games.

They did that after other conferences made that move.

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. However....

this morning is the BIG news. We are probably looking at NO football this fall. NONE. WOW!!!

The college presidents are concerned about the long term effects of Covid and liability.

[Botany]

5. This is all on Trump.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213878051

[jimlup]

10. While selfishly wishing for a Michigan football fix....

I think canceling is the correct call. Let's hope that they do in fact make it and are not swayed by the $

[maryellen99]

11. Watch trump frame this as "radical left wants to take away your football" and the rubes will buy it

[JI7]

20. But it was under Trump it was taken away. It was never taken away during Obama years

[Johnny2X2X]

15. Make sure everyone knows Trump caused this

People love their college football. We’re not having it this Fall because Trump failed.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. Several college conferences have already cancelled.

The Ivy League did several months ago, although those schools are not that important in football.

In today's Santa Fe New Mexican there's an article from the AP that the MAC, Mid-American Conference, has cancelled the fall season. It's just a matter of time before all the fall sports are shut down.

Heck, I'm surprised that MLB is still happening.

[groundloop]

25. And MLB is having to cancel more games due to Covid

The upcoming Cardinals - Pirates series was just cancelled because 17 members of the Cardinals organization have tested positive (10 players and seven staff).

One has to wonder how long before they throw in the towel and give up on the season.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

31. About two weeks ago I first said MLB

would last another two weeks. Clearly I was wrong about that timing, but I find it unfathomable that they will actually finish this season, such as it is.

I believe every single day more and more NFL players are opting out. I wonder how many players a team needs to lose before it realizes it simply can't play.

[JCMach1]

17. FTF college classes next

[Initech]

18. Fuck you COVID-19!!!

[JI7]

19. What do Right Wingers do Now ?

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[Awsi Dooger]

23. They are ranting away

You should see the sports message boards since this news broke. Everyone involved in the decision is being described as pansies and snowflakes.

I just let them have it on a USC forum. The post will probably be removed.

[BGBD]

21. I coach youth football....

We were not going to be allowed to even start practice until after labor day, which was going to cause a lot of issues on its own. Got the word today that we were postponing the entire season with the plan to try to play it this spring.

[DeminPennswoods]

26. Youth sports have been going on all summer

where I am. That includes baseball, softball, basketball, AAU with parents/fans in attendance. No outbreaks, or even cases afaik, associated with them.

[BGBD]

30. Yeah

This relies on using the schools facilities and we aren't allowed on the property until the day after labor day when schools open here. They made an exception for HS football and they are able to start practice this week.

When you start practice you have to go a certain time, I believe it's a week for us, without pads and then get X number of padded practices in before a player can play in a game. That would have put us at the last weekend in September or may even October before we could hold our scrimmages and another week before we could hold a game. That would have put us finishing up after Thanksgiving. That's normal football time, but out little guys are usually finished by Halloween. We have to wait to use the field until after the Middle School is finished, so we wouldn't even be able to start practice until after dark by that time.

I'm not sure who made the final call, but it came down yesterday.

We missed baseball season last year. It would be nice if they went ahead and let us play that now since football is delayed.

[uponit7771]

24. Buttery Males !!!!

[Johnny2X2X]

29. Big Ten voted 12-2 to cancel Fall Sports

This is a big deal. College Football is an opiate for the masses int he Fall, people live for this stuff. Trump got it canceled, he's who is to blame, don't let them forget it.

[SharonClark]

34. Agree. There are no pro teams in Iowa.

Many people live and breathe Iowa and Iowa State football. It will ruin the fall for them and they’ll have plenty of time to think about how Trump’s covid actions caused it...if the Dems push it.

[pstokely]

33. N is for knowledge

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