ACC, SEC say football plans remain unchanged
Earlier Tuesday, the chairman of the ACC medical advisory group, Duke infectious disease doctor Cameron Wolfe, told Sports Business Daily he felt a season could be played safely.
Earlier Tuesday, the chairman of the ACC medical advisory group, Duke infectious disease doctor Cameron Wolfe, told Sports Business Daily he felt a season could be played safely.
Dr. Cameron Wolfe, a Duke infectious disease specialist, told Sports Business Daily that doctors have learned enough over the past six months to manage the risk.
The second major domino falls in the college football world.
Pac-12 presidents and chancellors were meeting on Tuesday and also were expected to vote on whether to proceed with a fall schedule or punt to the spring.
President Donald Trump joined the #WeWantToPlay movement on Monday by voicing his support for college football players.
Clemson’s Darien Rencher and Trevor Lawrence spearheaded this effort to unite college football players from the Power 5 conferences, which led to an overnight movement on social media.
Several sources have indicated to ESPN that Big Ten presidents, following a meeting on Saturday, are ready to pull the plug on its fall sports season, and they wanted to gauge if commissioners and university presidents and chancellors from the other Power 5 conference.
League presidents met Saturday morning and voted unanimously for the postponement. The MAC is the first FBS conference to opt not to play this fall. Earlier this week, FBS independent UConn became the first FBS program to cancel its season.
The Palmetto State stars were selected No. 1 and No. 2 in the 2019 NBA draft, now they sit as the two favorites for Rookie of the Year.
Soroka’s loss is a major blow to the two-time National League East champion Braves, who had won five straight despite struggling to put together an effective rotation.