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NCAA approves football preseason model

Last week, the Division I Football Oversight Committee approved recommendations for summer athletic activities and a six-week preseason plan for football to return in 2020.

The Division I Council approved it on Wednesday.

“This is the culmination of a significant amount of collaboration in our effort to find the best solution for Division I football institutions,” said Shane Lyons, chair of the committee and athletics director at West Virginia. “Our student-athletes, conference commissioners, coaches and health and safety professionals helped mold the model we are proposing.”

For programs like that Texas Longhorns that kick off the season opener on Sept.