Players Opting out of 2020

I liked the comment from the NCAA doctor:

I feel like we are on the Titanic. We have already hit the iceberg. But we’re still talking about what time the band should start to play.

 

WVU had 0 cases with football so far.

 

Be curious to see how the Bowl season will play out. Will they allow teams that have chosen to play in the spring to start their season with a bowl game?

Isn't that the way college basketball starts with a few tournaments before actually starting the regular season?

 

How do they play two seasons in one year? Aren't the kids going to be more open to injury in the fall? I guess they could limit the # of games played in the spring. ​

 

A lot of the Conferences are opting out of the fall and will be playing football in the Spring instead. They will not be paying in both.

I was just wondering if the teams who will not be playing in the Fall could play in the bowl games that are held at the beginning of the year?

Then again what is going to happen when a team has an outbreak and needs to shutdown for 14 days?

It looks like it is going to be about a 50/50 split between teams playing in the Fall and the Spring. I do not know how this will effect the Heisman voting or Bowl games.

Power Five conference decisions
Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 schedule decision: 10 conference games + one nonconference

Play for ACC teams will begin the weekend of Sept. 12, with the opening game on Thursday, Sept. 10 between the ACC’s Miami and UAB. Each team’s 11 games are spaced out over a 13-week schedule, with flexibility built in to move games if needed. The ACC championship game will take place either Dec. 12 or 19 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Big 12
2020 schedule decision: Nine conference games plus one nonconference

The Big 12 conference season begins Sept. 26 — each school will play its nonconference game on Sept. 12 — and each team will have a minimum of two byes, with a third potentially late in the year. The Big 12 championship game is tentatively set for Dec. 12.

Big Ten
2020 schedule decision: Postponed fall sports competition

The Big Ten became the first Power Five conference to call off football this fall, while expressing hope of being able to play its fall sports in spring 2021.

“The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren. “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.”

Pac-12
2020 schedule decision: Postponed fall sports competition

The Pac-12 CEO Group unanimously voted to postpone all league competition through the end of the calendar, while announcing they would consider returning to competition “when conditions improve.”

“Ultimately, our decision was guided by science and a deep commitment to the health and welfare of student-athletes. We certainly hope that the Pac-12 will be able to return to competition in the new year,” Michael H. Schill, president of the University of Oregon and chair of the Pac-12 CEO Group, said in a statement.

It’s the first time since 1918 that Utah football won’t be played in the football. That year, a shortage of players (related to World War I) and the Spanish influenza kept the Utes from playing.

“This has been an incredibly difficult time for our young people, and our primary concern is for the health, safety and well-being of the student-athletes, whose interests and needs we prioritize and serve on a daily basis,” Utah athletic director Mark Harlan said in a letter posted online.

SEC
2020 schedule decision: 10 conference games

The SEC is the lone Power Five conference moving forth with a conference-only schedule this fall, with kickoff for the league’s season on Sept. 26. The SEC championship game will take place Dec. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, two weeks after its originally scheduled date. Each member institution’s schedule will include two open dates, including one midseason and another league-wide one Dec. 12.

Group of Five conference decisions
American Athletic Conference
2020 schedule decision: Eight conference games, with up to four nonconference

Nonconference games — CBS Sports reported as many as four will be allowed — will be up to the discretion of individual schools. Conference play will begin Sept. 19 for AAC members, and the league’s championship game will be played one of three dates — Dec. 5, 12 or 19, with flexibility built in to account for any games that need rescheduling — at the home stadium of the regular-season champion.

Conference USA
2020 schedule decision: Eight conference games, with up to four nonconference

Conference games will be played on their originally scheduled dates. Schools will also have the option to add up to four nonconference games, at their own discretion. The league’s championship game, for now, remains scheduled for Dec. 5.

A pair of C-USA schools have independently made their own decisions on the 2020 season. Old Dominion canceled fall competition in all sports, while Rice pushed back the start of its football season to Sept. 26.

Mid-American Conference
2020 schedule decision: Postponed fall sports competition

The MAC became the first FBS conference to nix its 2020 schedule with the postponement. The league intends to pursue moving fall sports to the spring.

“The decision is grounded in the core values of the conference that prioritize student-athlete well-being, an area the MAC has traditionally taken a leadership role,” MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement. “Clearly, we are charting a conservative path — and it is one that has been recommended by our medical advisory group. It is a decision that affects roughly 2,500 student-athletes who live for the moment to compete.”

Mountain West
2020 schedule decision: Postponed fall sports competition

Like the MAC two days before it, the Mountain West Conference postponed all fall sports competition, making Utah State the first FBS school in Utah to have its 2020 football season canceled by COVID-19.

“While we are disappointed about the postponement of our fall sports and the opportunities for our student-athletes to compete, the safety and well-being of those student-athletes has been, is and always will be our No. 1 priority,” USU athletic director John Hartwell said in a statement.

Sun Belt
2020 schedule decision: Eight conference games, with up to four nonconference

The Sun Belt season is scheduled to start Labor Day weekend. The Sun Belt will also play a football championship game Dec. 5, with the title game date being adjusted if needed.