” Competitive sports are an essential part of the instructional experience for our student-athletes, and we will do everything that we can to support them in achieving their dreams while at the same time ensuring that their health and safety is at the forefront,” stated Michael Schill, Pac-12 CEO Group Chair and President of the University of Oregon.
The CEO Group made clear that it hopes to play football and all other fall sports supplied that it can fulfill the health and safety needs of its student-athletes and obtain proper consents from state and local health authorities. The choice is effective instantly across all Pac-12 member universities and was made following a conference of the Pac-12 CEO Group previously today.
The Pac-12 has actually established a series of possible fall sport scheduling designs including Conference-only schedules and delayed season starts. Details on Conference-only schedules will be announced no later on than July 31.
Pac-12 student-athletes who select not to take part in intercollegiate sports throughout the coming scholastic year because of security concerns about COVID-19 will continue to have their scholarships honored by their university and will stay in excellent standing with their group.
” The health and wellness of our student-athletes and all those linked to Pac-12 sports continues to be our number one top priority,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “Our decisions have and will be guided by science and data, and based upon the trends and indicators over the previous days, it has ended up being clear that we need to supply ourselves with maximum versatility to schedule, and to postpone any movement to the next stage of return-to-play activities.”
About the Pac-12 Conference
The Conference has a tradition as the “Conference of Champions,” leading the country in NCAA Championships in 54 of the last 60 years, with 529 NCAA team titles overall. The Conference makes up 12 prominent U.S. universities – the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Colorado, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, the University of Washington and Washington State University. For more details on the Conferences programs, member institutions, and Commissioner Larry Scott, go to Pac-12. com/conference.
