On top of the news that the MAC is cancelling their fall football season, things are not looking great for the Big Ten conference this fall.
This morning, the Big Ten conference released a statement about the upcoming start of fall camp and announced that they would be taking a very cautious approach. Within the release, the conference detailed that athletes will wear helmets only, and will not move to pads beyond the first two days.
Big Ten will not proceed to padded practices, instead remain w/helmets only. Big Ten: "We understand there are many questions regarding how this impacts schedules, as well as the feasibility of proceeding forward with the season at all"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 8, 2020
The decision is related to the fact that there is still uncertainty surrounding a start date to the season, and if that start date will come this fall.
Here is the complete release from the Big Ten.