There will be no Big Ten football played this fall.
According to multiple reports the Big Ten has voted to postpone the fall sports season–including football–with hopes of playing in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Detroit Free Press’ Chris Solari was the first to report the news.
Two sources tells the Free Press that MSU players were pulled from practice today and told the football season is canceled and that the Big Ten is aiming to be push it to spring. A third source at another Big Ten school confirms no football this fall. https://t.co/N2SO73MWUs
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) August 11, 2020
The Big Ten has yet to formally make an announcement at the time of publishing.
Power brokers from the conference have been meeting the last few days to decide the fate of the conference’s biggest moneymaking sport. It was reported on Sunday that cancelation was impending and on Monday it was reported that the decision had been finalized. However a last-ditch effort from the Big Ten players and coaches attempted to save the season, with multiple parties throwing their weight behind the effort, including President Donald Trump.
The effort has reportedly come up short with the conference’s decision to delay the decision that the health risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic were too much to overcome. We will have more on this story as it develops.
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