The virus has infected
more than 5.2 million people in the US and eliminated over 166,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. On Wednesday, there were 55,910 reported brand-new cases and 1,499 deaths– the greatest variety of fatalities considering that May.
Though the NCAAs decision puts every fall sport, including FBS football, into a tailspin, it doesnt indicate that fall sports merely wont occur, Emmert stated.
” If schools and conferences desire to move forward, and try and have it and more than half of them desire to do it– and thats definitely the indication now– then lets do it,” he said. “We can use the fall, as I said, to keep kids healthy, keep them engaged with their coaches and their athletic departments. Work with them and let them practice and stay ready to play, then lets go complete at that time.”
The choice by the NCAA comes in the middle of dire warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that if advised coronavirus procedures arent followed, the US dangers
the worst fall in public health history.
“We can not now at this point have fall NCAA championships,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said
Thursday through Twitter.
For one, the NCAA doesnt manage FBS football, the conferences do. For now, FBS football is still a go.
As for the other NCAA sports, Emmert said the NCAA has been in contact with Division I commissioners and they are mulling ways to move forward with champions in the spring.
” If conferences and schools desire to move forward, and try and have it and more than half of them desire to do it– and thats definitely the sign now– then lets do it,” he stated. “We can utilize the fall, as I stated, to keep kids healthy, keep them engaged with their coaches and their athletic departments.
Emmert discussed the possibility of utilizing bubble websites– comparable to what the WNBA and NBA are doing now– in an attempt to keep gamers safe. Still, he said winter and spring sports have the highest concern, since they lost their championships last March.
Last week, the NCAA Board of Governors announced that if 50% of eligible groups in a specific sport, and a specific division, cancel their fall season, there will be no fall NCAA championship in that sport.
