Florida A&M has canceled football, volleyball and indoor track competition due to the coronavirus pandemic, joining rival Bethune-Cookman shuttering the sports for the rest of the academic year.
“Florida A&M athletics' decision to opt-out and forgo the 2021 spring football, indoor track and field and volleyball season was made with the health and safety of our student-athletes as our top priority," FAMU athletics director Kortne Gosha said in a statement. “This was a collective decision with our coaches and staff, given the varying circumstances that COVID-19 has created for our program.”
FAMU had been preparing to a play a six-game spring football schedule that was to include two games against Bethune-Cookman — one in Tallahassee and one in Daytona Beach.