It’s been a day of seemingly unfortunate news in the world of college sports. First, we got breaking news that the Mid-American Conference has canceled football for 2020. That alone has set social media ablaze with speculation and doomsday scenarios for college football in general.
But that’s not all.
At around the same time this morning, the Big Ten conference released a statement on prudence and caution as it moves through the natural progression of fall camps, electing to keep athletes in helmets only, and not moving to pads beyond the first two-acclimatization days.
The statement painted a rather grim picture of Big Ten teams being able to progress through fall camp and be ready to play in week one — especially Ohio State that is scheduled to kick off even earlier on Thursday, Septemeber 3.
Here is the complete release from the Big Ten.