May 1 was scoffed at as being too soon. June 1 was called ridiculous.
The latter, despite Lincoln Riley’s personal opinion on players returning to campus, is no longer ridiculous. The NCAA announced on Wednesday that it will lift the moratorium on on-campus voluntary workouts for football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball players.
This means the NCAA has put the ball in its members hands. Louisville is planning on getting athletes back in as soon as possible. Tulsa won’t allow athletes back on campus until July 6. The SEC has talked about a June 1 restart, but the Big 12 has yet to make a formal announcement.
Riley has said before that six weeks prior to a season starting would be enough to get a team ready to play a season. The closer and closer we get to the scheduled start to college football, the more confidence comes that a season may happen on time. Football programs may have lost a spring, but it doesn’t look like they will lose an entire summer of workouts.
Oklahoma is still scheduled to begin the 2020 season on Sept. 5 against Missouri State at home.
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