The FAU football team will miss out on their opportunity to play the University of Minnesota to kickoff the 2020 college football season.
According to a statement released by the Big Ten Conference on Thursday, “If the conference is able to participate in fall sports based on medical advice, it will move to Conference-only schedules.”
With this decision, it is still unclear if FAU will lose out on the $1.2 million guaranteed money they were scheduled to receive for the road trip to Minnesota. According to the Pioneer Press, the contract with FAU says, “If either team fails to appear for the game, that team shall pay to the other team, as its sole and exclusive remedy, a cancellation fee of $750,000.