Southeastern Conference athletes can return to campus for voluntary workouts starting June 8, the league presidents voted Friday. It’s the latest step in what’s been a week of positivity surrounding college football’s return.
The SEC became the first of the 10 conferences to lift its own ban on on-campus activities after the NCAA chose Wednesday not to extend its nationwide moratorium that expires May 31. Some conferences, however, don’t have a league-wide ban. Schools in the American Athletic Conference and Mid-American Conference, for instance, are free to reopen their facilities any time after the June 1 date, according to their commissioners.