(1:23)The first impactful decision regarding college sports' return to play this fall is upon us.The Ivy League has announced that there will be no fall sports competition this year, but has not made any decisions yet on potentially moving football to the spring.Back on March 10, the Ivy League presidents decided to cancel their men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the The main question is now this: Will their decision once again become a trend at the FBS level or will it be an outlier made by a league without the same structures and incentives as big-time college football?College football's power brokers insist it's the latter ... for now. We have to look at what we're doing with testing and protocols and the safety and well-being of our student-athletes, making sure we're doing the right thing from that aspect of it, to see if we can fill any type of season. Get all the sports news you need, direct to your inbox.The Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, punting on football and other fall sports because of the pandemic while holding out hope games can be made up.The Patriot League said its 10 Division I schools will not compete in any fall sports, which include football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and field hockey.
The league said it would determine “at a later date” if it was feasible to play fall sports in the spring. The Pioneer Football League announced Monday the nine-team league will not play nonconference games this season because of the coronavirus pandemic. "It'd be typical of the way we've operated in the past. Last week, conference presidents delayed mandatory team activities for Pac-12 athletes, acknowledging it would likely delay the start of the fall sports seasons.Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard in a letter to fans posted online said the school is trying to balance the health and safety of athletes with the drastic financial repercussions of not having a football season.“If we are unable to play sports this fall, the athletics department would incur approximately $40M in unfunded expenses in the next six months,” Pollard wrote.College football season was scheduled to start with a handful of nonconference games – three involving Pac-12 teams – on Aug. 29, before a full slate around Labor Day weekend from Sept. 3-7.The Patriot League has seven schools that play football: Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy Cross and affiliate members Georgetown and Fordham.Lehigh and Lafayette, located 17 miles apart in Eastern Pennsylvania, started playing in 1884, sometimes as many as three times in a season. The Ivy League is cancelling its fall sports, including college football, becoming the first major sports league to suspend sports for the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many commissioners and athletic directors have told ESPN that while a spring season is possible, it's the least popular alternative right now. That's crazy. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk told ESPN last week that the Patriot League presidents "pay an awful lot of attention to decisions that are made within the Ivy League. They cite the unknowns regarding the virus and vaccine in January, complications with the NFL draft and the risks of having players participate in two seasons in one calendar year as obstacles.There won't be any decisions to make, though, if campuses aren't open this fall. Get your Fantasy Football league up and running today!2021 NFL Draft prospect Farley says testing concerns led him to skip college football seasonEleven Wolverines Land On Phil Steele's Preseason All-Big Ten TeamJ.K. "We're not going to compromise health and safety due to a football guarantee.