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Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:19 pm
by wiu712
The Colonial Athletic Association plans to announce Friday that it will be cancelling the 2020 season amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic.

Teams will still be permitted to pursue crafting their own schedule outside of conference play if they wish.

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:26 am
by wiu712
UIUC has banned tailgating for this season and will limit Memorial Stadium capacity to 20% with social distancing and reserved seating. Face coverings will be required in “public areas” and six-foot distancing observed in the concourses.

1,000 seats will be set-aside for UIUC students.

On Thursday, the Big East, which does not have football teams, announced it is delaying fall sports, and the West Coast Conference pushed their sports back until Sept. 24. The Horizon League also is delaying fall competitions to Oct. 1. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference also said its suspending fall sports for an indefinite period.

The Ivy League, Patriot League, and Morehouse College have canceled their fall seasons.

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:23 pm
by ST_Lawson
The America East conference has announced that they are postponing all fall sports for the duration of the semester: https://americaeast.com/news/2020/7/16/ ... pdate.aspx
Like the Summit League and MVC, America East is a non-football conference, although it includes a decent number of football-playing schools (who are mostly football affiliate members of the CAA).

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:32 pm
by ST_Lawson
Not official, but it sounds likely that the SWAC will be cancelling fall sports on Monday. I guess the presidents haven't officially voted yet, but rumors are that it's a foregone conclusion that it will be.


Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:40 pm
by ST_Lawson
Out of the CAA, JMU, Delaware, Towson, and Elon are all looking at possibly putting together an independent schedule for fall football. The rest of the CAA has decided to go ahead with cancelling fall sports.

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:07 am
by ST_Lawson
SWAC cancels fall sports, but is coming up with plans to play games/matches in the spring.


Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:07 pm
by ST_Lawson
The Big South has said that they intend to begin fall sports competition on September 3rd. This means that, as of right now, our game against North Alabama is still on.


Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:06 pm
by leatherneckcountry

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:17 pm
by ST_Lawson
The MAAC is also cancelling fall sports. The MAAC is a non-football conference in and around NY state, but includes Marist and Monmouth (NJ), who both play at the FCS level. Because of this, Monmouth has also cancelled fall football. Monmouth plays in the Big South and Marist plays in the Pioneer League.

Re: 2020 Fall Athletics Around the Country

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:32 pm
by ST_Lawson
Pioneer League going conference-only.