The COVID-19 situation has put a damper on things from a sports perspective and for good reason. All sports has been cancelled for the time being. A culmination of events led to a worldwide shutdown back on March 12th. The NBA suspended their season, MLB postponed the start of theirs and college athletics cancelled everything. Recent reports involving the NBA and MLB led many to believe that sports could be making a comeback into our lives in the very near future. The big question has been surrounding football.
Recently in the world of football, universities are putting plans in place for a return to the gridiron. The University of Iowa has reportedly planned to return to football practice effective on June 1, 2020. That was the first school to make it aware that football would be returning to the practice field. Now another power five conference school is planning for football to return on September 5th. The Arkansas Razorbacks are making plans to begin practicing mid July.
JUST IN: University of Arkansas planning on starting Razorback football Sept. 5, with practice starting mid July -per Hunter Yurachek on Board of Trustees virtual meeting today pic.twitter.com/w9IhxH4Zi5
— Susan El Khoury (@SusanElKhoury) May 4, 2020
This is just another step in the direction for football to make a return to college campuses. With two major schools making their plans known, how many more will follow? It is hard to not have some excitement with the news of a Big Ten and Southeast Conference school taking the plunge that will likely create a domino effect across the landscape of college athletics.
The only question now becomes, if and when does the University of Texas and athletic director Chris Del Conte get involved?