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“We encourage each school to use its discretion to make the best decisions possible for football and basketball student-athletes within the appropriate resocialization framework,” said Penn athletic director M. Grace Calhoun, chair of the Division I Council. “Allowing for voluntary athletics activity acknowledges that reopening our campuses will be an individual decision but should be based on advice from medical experts.”
The return of student-athletes for sports other than football and basketball has not yet been approved, but that is expected to be addressed “as soon as possible” – potentially “within the next week” – according to Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel.
Required workouts are still prohibited for now. All voluntary workouts must be initiated by student-athletes and workout activity cannot be directed by coaches or reported back to coaches. Football strength and conditioning coaches will be allowed to be present due to sport-specific safety exceptions.
Teams will be allowed to continue to require up to eight hours of virtual nonphysical team activities per week through June 30. The NCAA's dead period for recruiting also remains in place through June 30.
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Under normal circumstances, when would the guys start Summer pre-camp S&C training with Coach Mick?
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The Big 12 is the latest to contribute to the measured return of college football.
Earlier this week, the NCAA announced that it would allow schools to bring its student-athletes back to campus for voluntary workouts starting June 1. Earlier Friday, the SEC announced that it will allow players to return starting June 8. As of now, 11 of the 14 schools in that conference will commence athletic activities that day.
Friday night, the Big 12 joined the fray. In a release, that Power Five conference confirmed its member schools will be permitted to allow football players to return to campus June 15.
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The Big Ten is also expected to allow players back to campus early next month, with schools such as Ohio State targeting June 8. Illinois has joined OSU on that target date as well.
The Pac-12 will make a determination next week on when its membership will be permitted to allow student-athletes back on campus. The ACC — or, specifically, its individual members — is expected to do the same, although Louisville has already announced a phased return of on-campus workouts.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
So, will the Buckeyes be heading west to face the Ducks? Every effort is going to be made to play that game, that’s for sure. But without substantial progress, the odds are probably starting to favor cancellation with momentum seemingly building for conference-only schedules.
“The perfect scenario is that we have a national solution where there is some consistency,” Smith said. “For example, do we just play conference games? And then what is that number? You would hope that there is a national consistency in that and that it ties into your postseason in some form or fashion and the selection criteria for postseason changes and accommodates that national solution. That is the best scenario. Of course, if you’ve got 12 games then it’s all moot.
“I think we need to not rush this. I know everyone is anxious to do that, but we need to have the opportunity for our medical experts to continue to collect data, see our human behavior responds in the reopening environment across the country. … Different schools will make different decisions about reopening at different times, so we need to allow that to cascade over time. I think somewhere in early July we need to have clarity on what we’re doing.”
Until then, patience will have to keep winning out over predictions.
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I'm wondering about tailgating in the fall. I can't imagine that most campuses will create mask-required areas and mask-not-required areas (but somebody might actually try it).
The mixture of folks drinking for a few hours and then deciding to share their strong opinions with those on the other side of the issue could make for some ugly scenes. And that would go either way.
The mixture of folks drinking for a few hours and then deciding to share their strong opinions with those on the other side of the issue could make for some ugly scenes. And that would go either way.
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Big Ten commissioner 'optimistically positive' about 2020 season
ON THE BIG TEN'S APPROACH TO COVID-19
“I have just a great confidence in all of our chancellors, our presidents, our provosts and also our athletic directors and coaches. I think what you’ll find out, and you know this being a graduate of the great institution of Maryland in the Big Ten, is that we always put the health, safety and wellness of student athletes at the center of our decisions. What you’ll find out is that we are in a perpetual state of evaluating from how students will come back to campus in the fall. Will we have school in the fall? Will we have fall sports? Are the stadiums full? Are they empty? That’s part of the process of making the best decision. As we’ve always said, we will always do what is right for the health of our student athletes. This is a complicated time to be a young person in society, doing everything that we possibly can. I’m grateful to work with great people in the Big Ten.”
ON OPTIMISM ABOUT A 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
“This is something so many times you hear people say we’re focusing our time and energy and effort every day. That’s true where we are right now. We’re literally spending every waking hour working through all of these issues. The academic issues, the health and wellness issues, the health and safety of our student athletes, our coaches, our fans, the referees, the financial issues. We understand the importance that college athletics has to society. We understand the importance of college athletics to the Big Ten."
"One of the things we have to do is make sure we take this time to gather all of the credible information so when we do make a decision, it’s something that we know that we have done the best job that we have possibly can. I’m actually, optimistically positive, and I’m actually excited about these next 30-60 days to see how we can come together in a collaborative manner and do what is right for, not only college sports, but also our student athletes and all of the people in America.”
Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...george-Floyd-Minnesota-147663762/#147663762_1
ON THE BIG TEN'S APPROACH TO COVID-19
“I have just a great confidence in all of our chancellors, our presidents, our provosts and also our athletic directors and coaches. I think what you’ll find out, and you know this being a graduate of the great institution of Maryland in the Big Ten, is that we always put the health, safety and wellness of student athletes at the center of our decisions. What you’ll find out is that we are in a perpetual state of evaluating from how students will come back to campus in the fall. Will we have school in the fall? Will we have fall sports? Are the stadiums full? Are they empty? That’s part of the process of making the best decision. As we’ve always said, we will always do what is right for the health of our student athletes. This is a complicated time to be a young person in society, doing everything that we possibly can. I’m grateful to work with great people in the Big Ten.”
ON OPTIMISM ABOUT A 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
“This is something so many times you hear people say we’re focusing our time and energy and effort every day. That’s true where we are right now. We’re literally spending every waking hour working through all of these issues. The academic issues, the health and wellness issues, the health and safety of our student athletes, our coaches, our fans, the referees, the financial issues. We understand the importance that college athletics has to society. We understand the importance of college athletics to the Big Ten."
"One of the things we have to do is make sure we take this time to gather all of the credible information so when we do make a decision, it’s something that we know that we have done the best job that we have possibly can. I’m actually, optimistically positive, and I’m actually excited about these next 30-60 days to see how we can come together in a collaborative manner and do what is right for, not only college sports, but also our student athletes and all of the people in America.”
Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...george-Floyd-Minnesota-147663762/#147663762_1
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