Ivy League cancels fall sports in what could be barometer for college football amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ivy League will not have sports this fall due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an athlete on an Ivy team confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday. That athlete requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of information. That athlete said team members had been told of the decision.
This affects football as well as men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s field hockey and volleyball. While the major conferences still hope to hold the season on time, it is worth remembering that in March the Ivy League’s decision to cancel its basketball tournaments proved prescient. Other leagues soon followed suit with the NCAA tournament eventually being canceled.
Ivy League football teams compete at the Football Championship Subdivision level but do not participate in the NCAA playoffs, leaving open the possibility that a league round-robin slate could be contested in the spring. Whether the fall sports can be played in the spring has not been announced.is concerned, only Princeton’s scheduled Oct. 10 game at Army is off the docket.
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