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Big Ten Cancels Fall Season. What’s Next For College Football?

The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season due to concerns over the coronavirus. What’s next for college football?

The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season due to concerns over the coronavirus. What’s next for college football?

The Big Ten is going to do it. It’s going to cancel its 2020 college football season.

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It was rumored to happen for the last few weeks, and now it’s actually happening the Big Ten is cancelling college football for the 2020 fall.

The details of what’s next are still sketchy, but commissioner Kevin Warren has been hinting at the idea of a spring football season. Forgetting that it would mean two college football seasons in ten months, and that college football in Minneapolis and Madison would be delightful in February, there aren’t any details yet on how that might work.

This all started rolling over the weekend with reports of a meeting among conference presidents about the viability of a college football season, and then Monday morning the Dan Patrick Show went with the story that the Big Ten was going to shut things down.

In the end, it was just too much. The Big Ten types have been hinting from the start that they didn’t believe they could safely make it all work. There were liability concerns, player safety issues, the lack of revenue from no fans in the stands, and then when it finally came time to practice and get it all going, the college presidents couldn’t make it work.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget the player movement side of things. Squashing the demands and the voices of players isn’t a bad thing for those who run the higher-levels of college athletics.

The Big Ten just gave the whole #WeWantToPlay movement one giant, “bless your heart.”

And now, very predictably, college football gets politicized. What could possibly go wrong?

What’s next for college football coming in a moment …

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Report: Big Ten cancels 2020 college football season

According to sources of the Detroit Free Press, the Big Ten is officially canceling its fall football season.

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And there we have it folks. According to anonymous sources that were in communication with Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press, the Big Ten Conference will be canceling their 2020 college football season amidst safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic in America.

This decision was the result of a 12-2 vote from the Presidents of each Big Ten university on Sunday. Michigan State president Samuel Stanley was one of the presidents who voted in favor of canceling the season.

Multiple Spartans had already opted out of the 2020 season before this decision was made. Indiana offensive lineman Brady Feeney, who is currently suffering from heart conditions related to COVID-19, has been vocal, along with his mother, about the need for college football to take this threat seriously.

This was clearly a huge decision to make, which the conference delayed as long as they possibly could, and it has major financial implications, but at the end of the day the safety of college student-athletes rightfully took precedence over all else.

We will continue updating this story as more information is released and confirmed.

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Report: Big Ten football season canceled, CFB season in doubt

Georgia Bulldogs football may have to cancel the upcoming college football season. The Big Ten voted to cancel fall sports.

Georgia Bulldogs football may be in jeopardy of losing the 2020 college football season due to cancellation. With the Big Ten voting to cancel fall sports, college football is a matter of days from being cancelled or postponed at a minimum.

Students are returning to campus and COVID cases are still high in the United States. It isn’t a good recipe for a college football season unfortunately.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the Big Ten has elected to cancel fall sports including the beloved college football season.

The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected to Tuesday, the sources said.

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference.

It’s a sad day for college football fans. It is only a matter of time until another conference joins the Big Ten. The Big Ten is joining the MAC in cancelling the fall football season.

The SEC is anticipated to be most resistant to cancelling the season.

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REPORT: The Big Ten will be cancelling the 2020 fall football season

There will be no fall football in 2020 for the Big Ten

The news that we have been dreading for the past 24 hours, and in reality the past five months, is here. The Detroit Free Press reported just minutes ago that sources have confirmed there will be no fall football in 2020.

Orion Sang and David Jesse broke the story, after Dan Patrick announced that the Big Ten had voted 12-2 in favor of not playing.

This decision comes just two days after the MAC became the first FBS conference to cancel the season. The word on whether or not spring football will be played is still hazy, as the Detroit Free Press reported that Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren was trending in that direction, although had not made a final decision as of now.

The news comes just one week after we had new conference schedules in the Big Ten. The tide has turned fast.

Report: Michigan State’s Samuel Stanley among voters to cancel Big Ten 2020 football season

Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley is among the many voters to cancel the Big 10 2020 fall football season.

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According to Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick Show, the Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season. A source told Patrick that both the Big Ten and Pac-12 will cancel their respective seasons on Tuesday.

Per Patrick’s source, Big Ten presidents all voted 12-2 to not play this upcoming fall, including MSU president Samuel Stanley. The only two teams to vote in favor of playing were Iowa and Nebraska.

Yesterday, there were already plenty of rumors swirling that the Big Ten would cancel football. No football this fall season is not fun but best for the health and safety of players. Even if this means we have 2021 spring season followed by a 2021 fall season.

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Report: Two Power 5 conferences to cancel 2020 college football seasons

The fate of the 2020 college football season is looking more and more bleak.

The dominoes are starting to fall, and it is bad news for college football fans.

Per The Dan Patrick Show, the Big Ten and Pac-12 are ready to announce their decisions to cancel the 2020 college football seasons.

This past weekend, the Mid-American Conference became the first FBS conference to cancel its 2020 season. It was reported that the Big Ten was going to do the same but no decision came out of a meeting on Sunday.

SEC presidents and chancellors met virtually on Sunday as well and, per reports, there is no indication that the conference is going to follow suit and cancel the season.

REPORT: A majority of Big Ten presidents vote against a fall season as two schools push to play

The conference has voted against a fall season

After a night filled with news that was trending towards a cancelled fall season, and a meeting last night between Big Ten presidents and chancellors, the Big Ten leaders have reportedly held a vote on whether or not they are in favor of playing college football this fall.

According to longtime talk radio host Dan Patrick, the Big Ten has voted against having the fall season with 12 of the 14 leaders in favor of cancellation.

The two schools that are in favor of playing were Iowa and Nebraska, per Dan Patrick.

We are expecting news of this vote tomorrow, as the Big Ten gets set to make an official announcement. It is clear that the Big Ten is now taking the lead on cancelling first, which many believe would create a power conference domino effect that leads to widespread cancellation of a fall football season.

Longhorns old foe Nebraska is one of two Big Ten teams wanting to play

The Longhorns old foe, Nebraska is one of two Big Ten teams in favor of playing. The vote to cancel was 12-2 in favor of postponement.

News on the upcoming college football season has been dropping at a fast and furious rate. Will we or won’t we have a season? Well as far as the Big 12 is concerned that meeting is scheduled to happen on Monday evening at 5 p.m..

The Big Ten Conference has been the one in the headlines most as of late, their leadership had a meeting to discuss their future. All signs have pointed towards them cancelling the season or moving everything to the spring. All 14 schools were involved in a vote to determine the best course of action.

According to the Dan Patrick Show, the Longhorns old foe Nebraska was one of two schools who voted in favor of playing.

It is a bit odd how conferences pushed to get the new 2020 college football season’s schedules out but now are seemingly pushing to postpone the year. A spring schedule seems inevitable but to what end? Is it really going to be better in February and March versus now? Hopefully we get answers soon as the Big 12 meeting looms.

Clemson’s star QB Trevor Lawrence has strong opinions about the momentum towards cancelling the fall season

As we all await the news of a cancelled fall season that at this point seems inevitable, athletes, media members, and others have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts. Among those with strong opinions about cancelling the season is Clemson QB, …

As we all await the news of a cancelled fall season that at this point seems inevitable, athletes, media members, and others have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts.  Among those with strong opinions about cancelling the season is Clemson QB, and likely top pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Trevor Lawrence.

Lawrence, as have other notable college athletes, has taken to Twitter to show his support for playing a season.

Tonight, he broke his opinions down even further in a series of responses to the crushing news of cancellation.

Lawrence went on to add context to his risk assessment later in the thread:

“Not to mention the players coming from situations that are not good for them/ their future and having to go back to that,” said the Clemson star. “Football is a safe haven for so many people. We are more likely to get the virus in everyday life than playing football. Having a season also incentivizes. Players being safe and taking all of the right precautions to try to avoid contracting covid because the season/ teammates safety is on the line. Without the season, as we’ve seen already, people will not social distance or wear masks and take the proper precautions.”

While there is clearly momentum among FBS presidents and chancellors, including those in the Big Ten, to cancel the season, there is a very human element to value here for players who are losing out on an opportunity.

No matter your opinion on whether or not college football can/should be played, we can all come together in feeling heartbroken for a group of athletes who are ready to do anything they can to take the field.

 

 

REPORT: Big Ten presidents and chancellors will meet later tonight to discuss the future of the season

The leaders of the conference will convene tonight with the season hanging in the balance

It has been a doom and gloom past couple of days for college football in the fall, and tonight could bring about a solidified decision surrounding Big Ten conference football being played.

Within this past hour, SINow’s Ross Dellenger reported that the Big Ten was trending towards cancelling football this fall. 

Now, The Athletic college football insider Nicole Auerbach has reported that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors will meet tonight to discuss fall sports, although there is no expectation as to whether or not a vote will be taken tonight regarding cancelling the season.

There are many different emotions swirling for players, coaches, fans, and the media as we close in on inevitability. No matter what your thoughts are about cancelling the season, there will be justified anger at an unprecedented situation. USA TODAY college football reporter Pete Fiutak rightfully questioned why the NCAA refused to have a fundamental plan as we approached the season.

The fact that last week we were looking at a brand new Big Ten schedule and today we are waiting for the inevitable news to break does not sit right.

Here at BadgersWire, we will make sure to bring you the latest updates on the Big Ten meeting as the story develops.