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#College football 2020 fall season in danger of being cancelled

#College football 2020 fall season in danger of being cancelled

August 10, 2020 | 12:09am | Updated August 10, 2020 | 12:58am

The college football season this fall is in serious jeopardy.

Commissioners of the Power 5 conference met Sunday night to discuss if the fall season could be played as health concerns grow amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Associated Press.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told the AP that no decisions have been made, but said the outlook has not improved.

“Are we in a better place today than two weeks, ago?” he said. “No, we’re not.”

Bowlsby pointed to the data around “myocarditis” as a growing reason for concern.

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart that has occurred in a number COVID-19 patients. It could have long-term complications for young, healthy people, should they contract the virus.

The Power 5 commissioner powwow comes after presidents from the Big Ten met on Saturday. The Big Ten is moving toward postponing their fall season and wanted to see if the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12 would join them, according to reports. Notre Dame also would likely be included in this as the Fighting Irish were set to join the ACC for this season.

“I’ve been around our guys and they think it’s safe and they want to try and play,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said. “If we change course, we better be able to articulate the reason for doing so to our student-athletes. They are going to want to know why.”

The Big Ten presidents, who were expected to meet again Sunday night, are strongly leaning toward canceling the fall season and are close to making a decision, but not ready to make an announcement, according to Yahoo Sports. The league remains unsure what other conferences could join them once they make an official decision. The Big Ten season is scheduled to start Labor Day weekend.

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

The final decision lies with the university presidents from the larger conferences.

The shift toward punting on the season comes after the Big Ten, which includes Rutgers, announced Friday that fall sports would remain in the “first two days of the acclimatization period.” For football that meant workouts would only include helmets and no pads in light of health concerns. Friday also saw the MAC become the FBS conference to cancel its fall season.

Pac-12 presidents and chancellors are expected to meet Tuesday and ACC leaders have moved their meeting up to Monday, according to ESPN. Leaders of other FBS conferences are also reportedly scheduled to meet this week.

Louisiana Tech announced Sunday that it was pausing its football practice after five players tested positive for coronavirus and 13 more falling under contact-tracing measures. Many of the premier college football programs — including LSU and Clemson — saw dozens of players test positive for COVID-19 upon returning to campus and the virus remains prevalent throughout much of the country.

“I don’t even see how it’s real,” one Power 5 coach told The Post earlier this summer. “You are going to have 100-plus people in the locker room in close proximity. There is no way around that. If they are saying you can’t do that, I don’t see how we can operate when we are going to be on planes and buses with large groups of people and in hotels with other people.”

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence joined a number of players in the #WeWantToPlay movement on social media. He posted a joint statement early Monday representing players in the Power 5 conferences asking for “universal” health and safety protocols, the option for players to opt out with their eligibility guaranteed whether a player chooses to play or not and the eventual formation of college football players association.

The NBA, NHL, MLS and WNBA have had success by creating “bubble” environments for their players, which simply would not work for college football. Their model — if a season were to be played — would be similar to MLB and what the NFL is proposing. Baseball, which is working with around 30-man rosters plus staff has already seen coronavirus outbreaks on the Marlins and Cardinals that have led to the postponement of games. — with AP

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