Big 12’s brass to meet this week on upcoming football season. Can it be saved?
Multiple reports surfaced Sunday that college football is headed toward a postponement to the spring, or possibly a complete cancellation of the 2020 season, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Big 12 board of directors is expected to meet with its medical experts this week to discuss the upcoming season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the meeting. No decision has been made yet on the season.
A Big 12 spokesperson said the decision whether to cancel or postpone the season would be made at the board level by university presidents and chancellors.
Signs, though, are less than promising that college football will be played this fall.
ESPN cited sources that said postponing or canceling the season is “inevitable.” Sports Illustrated quoted an industry source saying “in the next 72 hours college football is going to come to a complete stop.” Yahoo Sports reported that the Big Ten is meeting Sunday night to discuss the future of the season and there was momentum at the presidential level to cancel fall sports.
This comes on the heels of the Mid-American Conference canceling its fall sports seasons, including football, on Saturday.
The college football season had been scheduled to start in less than three weeks with Week Zero games on Aug. 29.
This story was originally published August 9, 2020 at 6:53 PM.
