It feels like we’re at a tipping point for college football, doesn’t it?
I’m not talking about just this season. I don’t think the season will be played -- at least, not as currently scheduled.
The coronavirus pandemic is raging out of control in much of the southern part of the country. That includes Arizona and Southern California, which is where one-third of the Pac-12 schools are located.
Positive tests have forced Nashville out of the MLS tournament in Orlando. (ESPN)
The MLS had the kind of template with a chance to succeed -- teams in living and playing in a bubble that excludes almost everybody else.
Colleges, even ones with big, well-funded athletic departments, can’t provide that sort of template. If the MLS can’t pull it off, what chance do the SEC or Pac-12 have?
This story by Ross Dellenger and Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated ticks off a growing list of obstacles standing between schools and a successful college football season.
They recount an anecdote about a southern city in which a testing center for those with symptoms ran out of testing kits shortly after opening. Meanwhile, a nearby university continued to test asymptomatic athletes, something the school will have to do several times weekly all fall if the season goes forward.
Dellenger and Forde quote an unnamed team physician as saying: “At that point, how do you justify sports? That’s why it’s all going to come to a crashing halt.”
The consequences for college athletic programs will be devastating as was spelled out in a story I wrote earlier this year. Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said football accounts for about 80 percent of OSU’s athletic budget. At Oregon, athletic director Rob Mullens said the percentage is between 70 and 75 percent.
The OSU athletic department already has trimmed 23 positions, and that presumes a football season will be played.
Stanford isn’t waiting either. Yesterday the school announced 11 sports will be discontinued following the 2020-21 academic year.
The Merc’s Jon Wilner suggests Pac-12 schools should delay the start of the football season, play fewer games and cancel most nonconference games in what generally looks like a workable solution.
But it’s only workable if (1) Arizona and Southern California can make the pandemic manageable, (2) the virus doesn’t flair up somewhere else, and (3) everybody is willing to get onboard.
As the Los Angeles Times reports, some parents have big concerns about plans to play college football this fall.
As this story from USA Today reports those parents are organizing and beginning to weigh in. Who can blame them?
The Ivy League already has canceled the fall season. Here are a few stories about that decision and how it might or might not impact major college programs.
-- David Ubben of The Athletic: Don’t expect the Power Five conferences to blindly follow the Ivy League decision.
-- Heather Dinich of ESPN.com: How much will the Ivy League’s decision influence what happens next for college athletics?
-- Michelle Gardner of the Arizona Republic: Are the Ivies the first domino for college athletics?
-- Ivy League makes a difficult decision to buy time. (The Athletic)
When not writing about college football, I cover track and field. In March, the teams already were in Albuquerque for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Athletes were on the track warming up the day before the meet when the Ivies canceled the spring season and told their athletes in Albuquerque to pack their bags.
After initially professing disbelief, other schools began pulling out too. The meet was scrubbed This feels like that to me.
As mentioned before, if the college football season can’t go forward the landscape will change.
In this story in the Arizona Republic, Arizona State prof and sports historian Victoria Jackson believes this provides an opportunity for universities to hit the reset button and reexamine the prominence athletics have in higher education.
The Daily Star’s Greg Hansen wonders if there will be any choice. Writes Hansen: The bill has come due for the way major colleges have over-spent on college athletics.
OK, more links:
The O’s John Canzano: The University of Oregon’s Michael Schill slides into the Pac-12 big chair.
More from Canzano: Pac-12 presidents put the squeeze on the Pac-12 office.
Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune: Now that Larry Scott has driven the Pac-12 into the ditch, is it time for a change?
Jake Curtis of the Cal Sports Report: Scott’s job could be in jeopardy.
Oregon State’s on-campus athletes had no positive tests for coronavirus last week. Oregon continues to hide from the public the number of athletes who’ve tested.
Lots of uncertainty surrounds the Oregon Ducks as they inch toward fall camp amid news 26 members of the campus community have tested positive for the coronavirus or are presumed positive. How many were many are athletes? (R-G)
Five UO students are among those to test positive last week. How many are athletes? (Oregon Daily Emerald)
Bazil Sterling of the Oregon Daily Emerald: Would continuing the college football season jeopardize the health of UO students?
Test reveal no new positive cases among Washington athletes. (Seattle Times)
Led by Hamilcar Rashed, Oregon State’s outslde linebackers comprise one of the Pac-12′s elite position groups.
The Beavers head into the 2020 season (maybe) loaded at running back.
Ohio State pauses voluntary football workouts, putting the Week 2 matchup with the Ducks in jeopardy. (NBCSN)
Buckeyes’ decision to hit pause is said to be a move that is more cautious than concerning. (The Athletic).
Ducks believe their secondary is as good as anybody’s. (NBCSN)
Will the pandemic prevent the Schooler brothers teaming up this season for Arizona? (Daily Star)
New coach, new offense, same goals at Washington. (The Athletic)
How USC is handling ticket sales amid uncertainty caused by the pandemic. (The Athletic)
UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond walks into a new job full of problems. (SCNG)
What is ahead for Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, who has been disciplined and his pay slashed because of a text message containing a racial slur. (The Athletic)
There are questions at quarterback, but Utah has some receivers who can catch the ball. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Colorado linebacker Jash Allen enters the transfer portal. (Boulder Daily Camera)
Colorado receiver La’Vontae Shenault is arrested on a DUI charge. (Boulder Daily Camera)
-- Ken Goe
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