Most Catholic universities, colleges sidelining 2020 fall sports catholicnews.com
Most Catholic colleges and universities are no different from their private and state-supported counterparts when it comes to athletic teams for the fall semester.
No sports.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association had already announced that it was suspending championships for both men’s and women’s fall sports for its Division I schools over coronavirus concerns — except for football, which is managed separately. NCAA Division II and Division III each followed suit Aug. 5.
But two of the so-called “Power Five” football conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, said they would not play football this year. Some “mid-major” conferences also decided to scuttle fall football, holding out hope that some kind of spring season could be salvaged.
Two notable exceptions: University of Notre Dame and Boston College…
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