Huge news for the hope of a college football season.
On Tuesday, 247Sports reported that the NCAA has issued a waiver stating that all FBS schools can start the college football season as soon as Aug. 29.
“The season was previously scheduled to begin Sept. 5, with a handful of “Week 0″ games slated for Aug. 29. The NCAA’s Football Oversight Committee requested a blanket waiver for all FBS schools willing to move games on their schedule to Aug. 29 in an effort to play as many games as possible and provide the schools more flexibility in scheduling should issues arise with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
Teams with games scheduled for Aug. 29 are allowed to begin preseason camp as early as Saturday.”
The SEC is scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss options regarding the college football season including playing a full schedule or conference-only schedule like the Big Ten and Pac-12 have decided to do in 2020.