The Big Ten became the first Power 5 conference to adjust its plans for fall sports amid the coronavirus pandemic, announcing that its schools would only compete in conference play to reduce travel and help ensure consistent implementation of health and safety protocols, and multiple industry sources said they expect a similar move from the Pac-12 in the next few days. The Big Ten in a statement acknowledged that the decision does not necessarily mean there will be competition this fall. (The Athletic)
ACC delaying start of all fall sports until at least Sept. 1
David M. Hale, ESPN
The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1, the league announced Thursday. The move, which follows a similar decision by the Patriot League, will affect several sports, including soccer and field hockey, but not football.
ACC Plus Independents Gives Notre Dame Options For Football In 2020
Bryan Driskell, Irish Breakdown
The Big Ten conference has announced a plan to go to a conference-only schedule for 2020, and you can be certain the rest of the Power 5 conferences will follow suit. That's just how it works, and that puts Notre Dame in an intriguing situation.
Big Ten football: Non-conference opponents feel 'dramatic' loss of revenue in millions of dollars
Steve Berkowitz and Aria Gerson, USA Today
The Big Ten Conference's announcement that its schools are limiting any fall sports competition to games against conference opponents will have financial ramifications not only for Big Ten schools, but also for schools across the country - especially in the Mid-American Conference. USA TODAY Sports has been able to obtain contracts for 26 of those games - and they had been scheduled to have total payouts to the visiting teams of nearly $22.2 million
OPINION
Big Ten cancels nonconference games to save itself, signaling beginning of the end of 2020 season
Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
We have reached the Darwinism phase of the 2020 college football season: Survival of the fittest, and to hell with everyone else. The bigger schools are about to kill off the smaller ones, like condors devouring a flock of cardinals.
--Morning Consult
GBO
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ACC delaying start of all fall sports until at least Sept. 1
David M. Hale, ESPN
The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1, the league announced Thursday. The move, which follows a similar decision by the Patriot League, will affect several sports, including soccer and field hockey, but not football.
ACC Plus Independents Gives Notre Dame Options For Football In 2020
Bryan Driskell, Irish Breakdown
The Big Ten conference has announced a plan to go to a conference-only schedule for 2020, and you can be certain the rest of the Power 5 conferences will follow suit. That's just how it works, and that puts Notre Dame in an intriguing situation.
Big Ten football: Non-conference opponents feel 'dramatic' loss of revenue in millions of dollars
Steve Berkowitz and Aria Gerson, USA Today
The Big Ten Conference's announcement that its schools are limiting any fall sports competition to games against conference opponents will have financial ramifications not only for Big Ten schools, but also for schools across the country - especially in the Mid-American Conference. USA TODAY Sports has been able to obtain contracts for 26 of those games - and they had been scheduled to have total payouts to the visiting teams of nearly $22.2 million
OPINION
Big Ten cancels nonconference games to save itself, signaling beginning of the end of 2020 season
Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
We have reached the Darwinism phase of the 2020 college football season: Survival of the fittest, and to hell with everyone else. The bigger schools are about to kill off the smaller ones, like condors devouring a flock of cardinals.
--Morning Consult
GBO
Ma
