The Big Ten Conference has officially cancelled the 2020 fall football season due to medical risks associated with COVID-19.
The league becomes the first FBS Power 5 conference to cancel.
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Here is a release from the Big Ten:
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In making its decision, which was based on multiple factors, the Big Ten Conference relied on the medical advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee.