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Big Ten cancels fall college football season, hopes for spring season

It’s here. The day we’ve all been dreading.

The Big Ten has cancelled the fall 2020 college football season, with the hope of playing a season in the spring.

The full statement from the Big Ten:

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.