The chances of college football being played this fall are slim through the day.
The commissioners of Power 5 conferences had called an emergency conference on Sunday night to discuss the 2020 season, and the vast majority of Big Ten presidents want to postpone the season due to concerns amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.
Earlier this week, the Big Ten stopped advancing with padded practices until more protocols were in place.
Seeing later reports appeared that the Big Ten tended to move forward without a fall football season, and a formal decision could be made as early as this week, according to Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger.
Sources from high school football tell @SInow that the Big Ten is moving toward a decision to cancel the 2020 fall, while other Power 5 conferences are pushing for a uniform decision to be announced later this week. https://t.co/vT1JIQYHrC
– Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) August 9, 2020
The cancellation or postponement of the 2020 college football season appears to be unchangeable, multiple sources told ESPN.
The news does not come as a surprise considering the current state of the pandemic in the United States. However, the Big Ten announced a new, conference-only schedule earlier this week, so the timing is a bit strange.
The Mid-American Conference on Saturday postponed football and all bankruptcy sports. If the Big Ten becomes the first Power 5 conference to put out football, and sports fall as a whole, then it will be interesting to see how fast (if at all) the other big conferences (SEC, ACC, Pac-12 , Big 12) follow.
