Michigan AD Warde Manuel, with Darryl Conway and Dr. Sami Rifat, discusses the plan to get student-athletes back to campus for workouts June 18, 2020. Detroit Free Press
For several weeks, University of Michigan-Dearborn athletic director Matt Beaudry went back and forth on the same question everyone is asking: Can we play fall sports amid the coronavirus pandemic?
He spoke with university leaders, state and local governments and health professionals before Domenico Grasso, the school chancellor, announced Monday morning fall sports in the 2020-21 academic year are canceled, along with the suspension of practices for the foreseeable future.