Two of US college football's biggest conferences are forced to postpone their seasons due to COVID-19 fears, in a move that has disappointed some teams and left one of the country's biggest competitions in chaos.
Two of US college football's biggest conferences have been forced to postpone their seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic, in a move that has disappointed some teams.The Big Ten followed the lead of the Pac-12 conference in postponing its college football seasonThe season had already been revised to be conference-only to limit travel for teams
The Big Ten's decision comes six days after the conference — which includes historic programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State — had released a revised conference-only football schedule that it hoped would help it navigate a season with potential COVID-19 disruptions.The decision was monumental but not a surprise, as speculation has run rampant for several days that the Big Ten was moving toward this decision.
"As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, it became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete this fall."Warren took over as commissioner from Jim Delany at the start of this year. A former longtime executive in the NFL, Warren walked into an unprecedented problem for college sports.
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