The First Domino Has Fallen

[crixus]

Updated list:

Appalachian State has announced today that they are dropping men's soccer, men's tennis and men's indoor track & field.

I hate to see this list keep growing, but I thank you for sharing the information. Covid 19 sucks!

[wscsuperfan]

Updated list:

Appalachian State has announced today that they are dropping men's soccer, men's tennis and men's indoor track & field.

The full list of Division I sport cancellations is as follows:

Akron
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis

Alabama-Huntsville
Men's Ice Hockey (canceled then reinstated)

Appalachian State
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Men's Indoor Track & Field

Bowling Green
Baseball (canceled then reinstated)

Brown
Men's Cross Country
Men's Fencing
Men's Golf
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Squash
Women's Equestrian
Women's Fencing
Women's Golf
Women's Skiing
Women's Squash

Central Michigan
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Cincinnati
Men's Soccer

East Carolina
Men's Swimming & Diving
Men's Tennis
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis

Florida International
Men's Indoor Track & Field

Furman
Baseball
Men's Lacrosse

Old Dominion
Wrestling

Wisconsin-Green Bay
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis

Wright State
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Softball

Big East Conference
- will use divisions for fall sports in 2020 to limit travel. Men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball teams will only play games within their division. (East Division: UConn, Georgetown, St. John's, Seton Hall, Providence, Villanova | West Division: Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Marquette, Xavier). Volleyball teams will play everyone within their division four times, soccer teams will play everyone twice. There will be no cross-division games.

Mid-American Conference
- eliminated postseason league tournaments for baseball, softball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis, women's lacrosse, field hockey
- altered tournament formats for men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball, swimming, golf and track & field

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Division II eliminations:

Alabama-Huntsville
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis

Fayetteville State
Women's Tennis

Florida Tech
Football

Notre Dame de Namur
Men's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Men's Lacrosse
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Soccer
Women's Basketball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Women's Soccer
Softball
Women's Volleyball

Rollins
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country

Sonoma State
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Women's Water Polo

St. Edward's
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Cheer
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis

Tiffin
Men's Swimming & Diving
Women's Swimming & Diving

Urbana
Baseball
Men's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Football
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Swimming & Diving
Men's Volleyball
Wrestling
Women's Acrobatics & Tumbling
Women's Basketball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Lacrosse
Women's Soccer
Softball
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
Women's Water Polo

Division II
- reduced sport maximums and reduced minimum games played by 33% for 2020-21

California Collegiate Athletic Association
- canceled all fall sports competitions

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Schools Closing Permanently (some announced pre-COVID)

Division II
- Concordia University (OR)
- Notre Dame de Namur (CA) (closing in 2020-21, athletics discontinued immediately)
- Urbana (OH)

Division III
MacMurray College (IL)
Pine Manor College (MA) (bought by Boston College)

NAIA
- Holy Family College (WI)
- Lindenwood University-Belleville (IL)

NJCAA
- Mercyhurst North East (PA)

NCCAA
- Nebraska Christian College

[laker]

Canada USports calls off fall championships.

https://usports.ca/en/news/2020/06/4...ue-to-covid-19

[laker]

NAIA limits football games this season to nine.

https://footballscoop.com/news/naia-...s-2020-season/

[CALUPA69]

Wright State dropping three sports. Will the NCAA force them to D2?

Wright State Athletics Announces Program Changes

I'm certain GLIAC would welcome them.

[Tech Boys]

Wright State dropping three sports. Will the NCAA force them to D2?

Wright State Athletics Announces Program Changes

[crixus]

Mega-fundraising campaign. $1.5 million. It's very well possible he was involved somewhere though.

https://www.mlive.com/sports/2020/06...ndraising.html

I hope this doesn't become a trend to get the alumni to foot the bill on non-revenue sports though. It's the second time it's happened in a week.

I've heard him mention his Bowling Green days several times while he was doing color commentary on Dodgers games. Thanks for the link!

[SW_Mustang]

That's good. I wonder if Orel Hershisher had something to do with it?
?

Mega-fundraising campaign. $1.5 million. It's very well possible he was involved somewhere though.

https://www.mlive.com/sports/2020/06...ndraising.html

I hope this doesn't become a trend to get the alumni to foot the bill on non-revenue sports though. It's the second time it's happened in a week.

[crixus]

Bowling Green reinstates baseball.

That's good. I wonder if Orel Hershisher had something to do with it?

?

[SW_Mustang]

Bowling Green reinstates baseball.

[CALUPA69]

The Boston Marathon has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. It's the first time the race has been cancelled in it's 124 year history.

Yeah, 30,000 huffing puffing runners in the middle of a tier 2 hotspot like Boston probably not a great idea.
Not likely that 50,000 will be panting through the 5 boroughs of NYC come November either.

[crixus]

The Boston Marathon has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. It's the first time the race has been cancelled in it's 124 year history.

[crixus]

On a positive note, the five New Zealand teams that play in SupeRugby (top tier pro league with teams in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Japan) will play a ten game season called Aotearoa Super Rugby beginning June 13th. The teams will play in empty stadiums with the games aired live on Sky Sports and streamed on ESPN+.

Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand.

[crixus]

Our collegiate summer league, the MINK League, announced it would shut down for the summer.

https://www.newspressnow.com/sports/...12a9cf11b.html

The Southern California Collegiate Baseball League (wood bat) just postponed their season which was supposed to begin tomorrow. They haven't cancelled it yet, but I have a feeling they will.

[SW_Mustang]

Our collegiate summer league, the MINK League, announced it would shut down for the summer.

https://www.newspressnow.com/sports/...12a9cf11b.html

That's a bummer. There's so much money in the NWL that I'm not surprised they're trying to stay alive.