The Ivy League announced on Wednesday that they will not be playing any sports this coming fall, football included. They’re the first Division 1 conference to announce such a decision while no announcement about winter or spring sports for the conference was made.
The Ivy League was the first conference to cancel their basketball tournament back in March and many seem to think they’re again setting the precedent that other conferences and schools will soon follow.
Sources: Ivy League programs have been informed that fall sports have been cancelled.
The conference will not entertain any sports being played until after January 1st.
Winter sports will have an update in mid-July on their respective practice schedules.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) July 8, 2020
One different way to look at this though and what makes it different for the Ivy League versus the majority of the rest of college football is the money element. Ivy League schools and athletic departments don’t rely on football funding for nearly as much as the major college football programs do.
Although I have trouble thinking this means major college football isn’t going to get played in 2020 because the Ivy League acted quickly and first, I’d be lying if I said this announcement made me feel good about the chances college football starts on time for the rest of the nation.