The Big Ten and the PAC-12 both moved Tuesday, as expected, to postpone all fall sports due to the Corona pandemic.
The other three Power Five conferences have yet to make a decision while the MAC and the Mountain West will hold off on sports for now. UConn has gone a step further and canceled football season although being UConn football, we’re not sure anyone will notice.
One of the main issues is a concern over myocarditis, or heart inflammation. The PAC-12’s medical advisory chair, Dr. Doug Aukerman says this: “There is some emerging data about some health risks that affect athletes, specifically cardiac side effects of COVID infections that we don’t know much about.