While football schedules at all levels around the country are being changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Kentucky athletic director Todd Stewart remains hopeful the Hilltoppers will be playing football this fall.
Stewart addressed concerns over the season, including changes to the schedule, financial impacts and fans in the stands, in a Zoom conference with reporters Thursday.
“I’m going to be optimistic until I can’t be,” Stewart said. “I’m just looking at the facts. This is very serious, but we know the most vulnerable and who is the least vulnerable. I feel like everything that our country has done in its history, way beyond athletics, we’ve been able to manage through challenges.