It’s not just spring football or the NCAA Tournament but now the ACC has suspended all athletic-related activities. The conference released the following statement Thursday afternoon:
“The Atlantic Coast Conference has suspended all athletic-related activities including all competition, formal and organized practice, recruiting and participation in NCAA championships until further notice. The decision was made following consultation with the league’s presidents and athletic directors to mitigate the further spread of COVID-19.”
ACC Commissioner John Swofford added the following:
“This is uncharted territory and the health and safety of our student-athletes and institutions remain our top priority. This decision is aimed to protect from the further spread of COVID-19.”
It’s not surprising but I know I’m not the only one wondering right now, how long? Will it be a couple weeks, a couple months or will it be something that goes all the way until football season and beyond?
I don’t know.
You don’t know.
The guy yelling on your TV doesn’t know either.
Take care of yourselves and each other in the meantime. If you haven’t taken Coronavirus seriously yet, I’m not saying go into panic mode but it’s time to give it more thought. Beyond just washing your hands take the time to learn more about how even if you’ll be fine, how you may put others at risk.
We’ll have plenty of content in the meantime at Fighting Irish Wire and as it appears there will no NCAA Tournament to watch, we’ll have a tournament of our own to track in the coming weeks.