The Pac-12 and Big Ten took a step forward by decided to forgo the 2020 football season on Tuesday. What was all but a foregone conclusion turned into a waiting game with teams hoping conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic might improve.
No football for schools will be a significant loss, not only for everyone involved, but for athletic budgets in the foreseeable future.
Patrick Rishe, the director of sports business at Washington University in St. Louis believes football programs across the country will suffer a great economic impact as a result of no games on the schedule until next year.