3:03 PM ET The Big Ten announced on Tuesday the decision to postpone its college football and fall sports seasons with the hopes of playing in the spring. The announcement comes more than a month after the Ivy League became the first conference to cancel all fall sports with an eye toward playing in the
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11:33 AM ET Amid six months of near constant setbacks for college sports because of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest complaints from athletics administrators, coaches and fans has been the lack of a centralized leadership. While the professional leagues have set clear-cut plans for return to play, college sports have faced numerous cancellations/postponements.
2:50 PM ET Big Ten Conference presidents and chancellors voted Tuesday to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, with the hopes of playing in the spring, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The league is expected to make a formal announcement later Tuesday once it notifies its players and coaches. On Sunday, ESPN first
2:14 PM ET Colleges might be allowed to provide their athletes with more education-related benefits — including school equipment, travel opportunities and cash incentives — as soon as this week. The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Tuesday an NCAA request to pause a ruling in a lower court that opens the door for athletes to
2:01 PM ET Ohio State lost a commitment from its 2021 class on Tuesday when ESPN 300 defensive end Tunmise Adeleye announced he was backing out of his commitment to the Buckeyes. Adeleye is the No. 39-ranked recruit overall and the No. 6-ranked defensive end in the class. He’s a 6-foot-3, 250-pound prospect out of
1:32 PM ET President Donald Trump said he thinks college football would be making a “tragic mistake” if the sport was not played. Appearing Tuesday morning on Fox Sports Radio, Trump cited the youth and overall health of college players as things that will help them avoid the most serious symptoms of the coronavirus. “These
1:07 PM ET The chair of the ACC medical advisory group believes a fall season can be played safely, which is one of the biggest reasons the league remains on course to start the season in September. Dr. Cameron Wolfe, a Duke infectious disease specialist, told Sports Business Daily that doctors have learned enough over
11:07 AM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told ESPN that he will watch the other Power 5 conferences “with interest” regarding their upcoming decisions on whether to play football this fall, but his focus is on his own conference. “We believe we set a responsible plan,” he said Tuesday. “We have delayed our kickoff to
11:45 AM ET North Carolina coach Mack Brown said Tuesday that the ACC wants to play this season, but he added that he did not think it was feasible to play if several other Power 5 leagues decided to suspend sports for the fall. As conversations in the Pac-12 and Big Ten focus on whether
10:10 AM ET UMass is cancelling its fall football season, the school announced Tuesday. An FBS independent, UMass may attempt to play a season this spring, athletic director Ryan Bamford said. “The continuing challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic posed too great of a risk, and we reached the conclusion that attempting to play a season