MNVCGUY
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I think what this tells us is that there is nothing - at this time - even close to a consensus on how to handle this situation.
And the real question remains - who makes the final decision(s)?
Does the NCAA issue a blanket ruling for all schools? Is it done conference-by-conference? State-by-state? School-by-school?
right now, nothing is certain and everything is theoretically possible.
Given the money involved, I still tend to believe that football will be played this year. but, I also tend to believe that there will NOT be fans in the stands. I also think it is very possible that teams could wind up playing fewer games, and the start of the season could be pushed back a month or more.
ICYMI - DII came out and announced that football teams will play a 10-game regular season instead of the normal 11 games. It was announced as a cost-saving measure. similar restrictions on other DII sports - hoops can play 22 games instead of 28 and so forth.
Think the first hurdle is the states themselves. Once the states don't have restrictions in place that would stop teams from playing then it would fall to the individual Universities to decide wha they are going to do.
All the signs seem to be pointing towards football in the fall with no or limited fans in the stands. I can see why the Michigan president would be more skeptical then some of the others though given the way things have gone in Michigan over the course of the pandemic and the restrictions in place by the governor.
Will be interesting to see what happens as teams resume on campus work in a few weeks. Think that will either put a lot of fears to bed or it will confirm worst case scenarios and shut things down.