After July 8’s news of the Ivy League cancelling its fall athletic competition, a second FCS conference has followed suit and it is the Patriot League.
The Patriot League is canceling fall competition (for fall sports), @TheAthleticCFB has confirmed. Will make a decision on winter sports at a later date. League will explore possibility of fall football in spring. @MattBrownEP had it first.
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) July 13, 2020
The conference is the first that participates in the FCS playoffs to shut down their football season and is the next piece in a continuing long line of news pointing towards an abridged, postponed or even completely cancelled fall college football season.
Nicole Auerbach, a senior college football writer for The Athletic, continued to describe the difference between how the Ivy League and Patriot League went about altering their athletic calendar.
This is different than what the Ivy League decided with basketball (which can't compete until the spring semester). This just cancels fall sports competing in the fall. https://t.co/7UXKOeXCyc
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) July 13, 2020
And if all of that wasn’t enough, the ACC also announced today that it is postponing its virtual ACC Football Kickoff media event until further notice.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has postponed its virtual ACC Football Kickoff media event until further notice.
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) July 13, 2020
A few weeks ago many signs pointed towards college football starting on time and with a normal schedule.
Now, after two second division conferences announced a cancellation of their fall athletic seasons and several Power Five conferences moved to a conference-only schedule, that season is looking more and more in question.