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Big Ten postpones football and fall sports, 2020 CFB looking unlikely

The Big Ten announced its decision to cancel fall sports according to their official website

Georgia’s 2020 college football season may end before it even begins. With the possible upcoming season cancellation or postponement (into spring of 2021).

The Big Ten announced its decision to cancel fall sports according to their official website. The Big Ten is the first Power Five conference to do so.

The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vast amounts of students are returning to campus and COVID cases remain high in the United States. College football would be excessively difficult and expensive to put in a bubble, so the risk for athletes and coaches would be too high for the Big Ten to justify a season.

The news came out yesterday, but it wasn’t official. Numerous notable players and coaches are protesting the decision.

It’s a depressing day for college football fans across the nation. Fans should anticipate other Power Five conferences joining in. The Pac-12 should be the next domino to fall.

The SEC is expected to be most resistant to cancelling or postponing the season. Without the Big Ten, it is tough to imagine that there will be a football season this year.

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Apr 13, 2019; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Justin Fields and coach Corey Dennis during the first half of the Spring Game at Ohio Stadium. Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports

BREAKING: Big Ten presidents vote to postpone football season

There will be no Big Ten football this fall.

There will be no Big Ten football played this fall.

According to multiple reports the Big Ten has voted to postpone the fall sports season–including football–with hopes of playing in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Detroit Free Press’ Chris Solari was the first to report the news.

The Big Ten has yet to formally make an announcement at the time of publishing.

Power brokers from the conference have been meeting the last few days to decide the fate of the conference’s biggest moneymaking sport. It was reported on Sunday that cancelation was impending and on Monday it was reported that the decision had been finalized. However a last-ditch effort from the Big Ten players and coaches attempted to save the season, with multiple parties throwing their weight behind the effort, including President Donald Trump.

The effort has reportedly come up short with the conference’s decision to delay the decision that the health risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic were too much to overcome. We will have more on this story as it develops.

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