A second FBS conference postpones its fall football season

After the Mid-American Conference became the first FBS conference to cancel its fall football season three days ago, a second conference…

After the Mid-American Conference became the first FBS conference to cancel its fall football season three days ago, a second conference joined them on the sidelines yesterday.

That conference is the Mountain West.

The dominoes have obviously started to fall towards some or even all of the Power Five also electing against playing football this fall, with the Big Ten already seeming to be on the brink of postponing the season.

Here are a few clips from the Mountain West’s announcement:

“Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our students, student-athletes, coaches, faculty, staff and overall communities,” said Dr. Mary Papazian, President at San JosĂ© State University and Chair of the MW Board of Directors. “Through the hard work of many over the past several months, the Conference made every effort to create an opportunity for our student-athletes to compete, and we empathize with the disappointment this creates for everyone associated with our programs. The best interests of our students and student-athletes remain our focus and we will persist in our efforts to forge a viable and responsible path forward.”

“Since the start of the pandemic, our membership and staff have been working diligently to prepare for a fall sports season,” said MW Commissioner Craig Thompson. “We were hopeful we could carefully and responsibly conduct competition as originally scheduled with essential protocols in place. However, numerous external factors and unknowns outside our control made this difficult decision necessary. I fully understand the impact of this outcome on our student- athletes, coaches, administrators and staff who work so hard daily to play the sports we all love, and I share in their disappointment. We will continue to navigate this pandemic together, overcome the obstacles and return to intercollegiate athletics at the earliest opportunity.”