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Division III Presidents Council cancels fall championships

NCAA Division III championships in fall sports for 2020-21 are canceled. With the health and safety of the division's student-athletes, coaches, athletics administrators
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Division III wasted no time and cancelled all fall sports championships. Also the key thing to note is that they are not moving fall sports to spring. They are cancelled for the entire academic year. With no athletic scholarships I doubt those players will hang out another year in college just to play. Seriously hope DI and DII don't follow this path.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
No idea. She is having fun but she is okay if it moves to Spring. The thing about Spring is if they cancel the fall season there is no guarantee that NCAA will run fall sports in the Spring even if everyone is vaccinated. Her school has the facilities and staff to run Spring and Fall seasons together but many don’t. If it is choice between an abbreviated Fall and no sports for the year she would chose the former. I also don’t think she wants to stay in college for 5 years.
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College is the best time of her life. Who wants a job
Where u do the same damn thing everyday w the same people! :)
 
Simisoccerfan said:

Division III Presidents Council cancels fall championships

NCAA Division III championships in fall sports for 2020-21 are canceled. With the health and safety of the division's student-athletes, coaches, athletics administrators
www.ncaa.org www.ncaa.org

Division III wasted no time and cancelled all fall sports championships. Also the key thing to note is that they are not moving fall sports to spring. They are cancelled for the entire academic year. With no athletic scholarships I doubt those players will hang out another year in college just to play. Seriously hope DI and DII don't follow this path.
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That was fast. DII cancelled all fall sports championships. They also are not moving fall sports to spring.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...l-cancels-fall-2020-championships?division=d2
 
Dargle said:
That was fast. DII cancelled all fall sports championships. They also are not moving fall sports to spring.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...l-cancels-fall-2020-championships?division=d2
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The new requirements make things more expensive $$ cutting losses or something?

Board directs each division to safeguard student-athlete well-being, scholarships and eligibility

The NCAA Board of Governors has directed schools and conferences to meet specific requirements if they are to conduct NCAA fall sports during the preseason, regular
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  • All fall sports activity (preseason, regular season and postseason) must follow the recently released return-to-sport guidelines from the NCAA Sport Science Institute for all athletic activity. As the guidelines change based on the ever-changing pandemic, schools must follow any future modifications.
  • The NCAA will establish a phone number and email to allow college athletes, parents or others to report alleged failures. The Association will notify school and conference administrators, who will be expected to take immediate action.
  • All member schools must adhere to federal, state and local guidelines related to COVID-19. Further, the conduct of NCAA championships must be in line with federal, state and local guidelines.
  • All student-athletes must be allowed to opt out of participation due to concerns about contracting COVID-19. If a college athlete chooses to opt out, that individual’s athletics scholarship commitment must be honored by the college or university.
  • Each division must determine no later than Aug. 14 the eligibility accommodations that must be made for student-athletes who opt out of participating this fall or for those whose seasons are canceled or cut short due to COVID-19. College athletes and their families must know what their eligibility status will be before beginning the fall season.
  • Member schools may not require student-athletes to waive their legal rights regarding COVID-19 as a condition of athletics participation.
  • Member schools, in conjunction with existing insurance standards, must cover COVID-19 related medical expenses for student-athletes to prevent out-of-pocket expenses for college athletes and their families.
  • Any NCAA fall championship or other postseason contests must be conducted within enhanced safety protocols for student-athletes and essential athletics personnel. These safety enhancements will include regular testing, separation of college athletes and essential personnel from all other nonessential personnel, and physical distancing and masking policies during all aspects of noncompetition.
  • NCAA championships may use reduced bracketing, a reduced number of competitors, predetermined sites and, where appropriate, single sites to limit exposure to COVID-19.
  • If 50% or more of eligible teams in a particular sport in a division cancel their fall season, there will be no fall NCAA championship in that sport in that division.
  • If fall sports championships are postponed in any division, a decision to conduct that championship at a later date will be based upon the scientific data available at that time regarding COVID-19, along with other considerations.
 
Once the shoe drops and the Power 5 football conferences cancel or postpone their seasons it's going to end sports for the year. Sports can't safely occur without a bubble until their is a vaccine. Human brains don't mature until they are 25 and you can bet that young people are going to make horrible mistakes that lead to infection. You can't even get mature adults to put their masks over their nose. No way can you get young adults and children to consistenly comply. Unfortunately since this isn't China people are going to do stupid things because they know that they won't get arrested for it. Unless they are a POC.

Good luck everyone. Please wear a mask and do it correctly. Your nose is connected to your lungs...
 
espola said:
www.wdrb.com

CRAWFORD | Dismissed Louisville soccer player shares his side of the COVID story

The University of Louisville took the path of law and order on Thursday, kicking three players off the men’s soccer team and suspending three more in the wake of a
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Lol are you defending adult men? They could not kick people out of their house? They had a large gathering at their home. It caused this problem. It was their responsibility to remove people. They chose not to.
 
GT45 said:
Lol are you defending adult men? They could not kick people out of their house? They had a large gathering at their home. It caused this problem. It was their responsibility to remove people. They chose not to.
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Defending? I just linked to article.
 
California released its guidance on re-opening colleges and universities, which included protocols on resuming play in college athletics


Basically, must allow opt-outs with no effect on scholarships, must not require waivers, must be able to do testing with results in at least 72 hours, must be able to do contact tracing and must share information with other schools, plus a whole bunch of facility and sanitization protocols, masking and distancing protocols off-field, positive test result protocols etc
 
And the first FBS conference cancels football and all fall sports. MAC conference, Eastern Michigan. Northern Illinois, etc. Not one of the big 5 conferences, but I would not be surprised to see this become a trend. Think of it this way, would you want to be a school president and decide to play and then have a coach or player pass from this? You likely lose your job if it happens, or certainly see a huge lawsuit that could cripple the university. You don’t take any risk of losing your job by delaying to spring. I would be surprised if the big 5 conferences are not talking about this offline.

I again say move football to spring where you are more likely to get the season in and potentially save your school’s athletic future (since many schools athletic departments are funded by football and basketball). These are not easy decisions for anyone dealing with opening schools or doing sports.

www.espn.com

MAC postpones all fall sports, including football; plans on spring season

The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first FBS conference to postpone the fall football season amid the coronavirus pandemic and will instead look to play in the spring.
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Big ten and Pac-12 will cancel football tomorrow. And there puts the end to all fall sports. Say goodbye to your verbal offers as schools will likely reduce scholarships, lay off assistants, furlough head coaches, etc. A very sad day indeed.
 
It’s official. JMU suspended fall sports. The team was told after practice this morning. I commend them for trying to have a season but too much of a battle trying to put a schedule together. Camp broke today so she will be moving into her apartment later today. Once school starts in two weeks they will hold daily practice. Now its a waiting game to see if the NCAA will try to hold D1 sports in the spring or at least allow an expanded Spring Season over the normal few games allowed.
 
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