The First Domino Has Fallen

[laker]

West Coast Conference is delaying their start.

https://www.kxly.com/west-coast-conf...until-sept-24/

[wscsuperfan]

Not that exciting, but Syracuse is switching to mobile ticketing as a small precaution against COVID-19

https://www.nny360.com/sports/colleg...3beb47c97.html

Nebraska is doing the same thing

[SW_Mustang]

Horizon League pushed fall sports back to October 1

https://local12.com/sports/college-s...ts-coronavirus

[SW_Mustang]

DIII MASCAC cancels fall sports

https://www.recorder.com/MASCAC-canc...State-35253647

[SW_Mustang]

No MEAC fall sports this... well, fall.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...efinite-period

[SW_Mustang]

D3 MIAC goes the Big 10 route - cancels non-conference games in the fall. They got a head start on this last year when they cancelled St. Thomas.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesot...rts/571791632/

EDIT: D3 UMAC (aka the "other" MN conference) also cancels non-conference games. Unlike the MIAC, they did not have a head start, and the University of Minnesota-Morris is safe... for now.

[laker]

D3 non football SCAC cancels fall sports.

https://www.scacsports.com/news/covid19_update3

[WarriorVoice]

The KC Chiefs posted this on a FB event for a game this season. First I'd seen official confirmation that seating capacity would be reduced.

Due to COVID-19, we will be operating under a reduced capacity for the 2020 season. Any previously purchased single game tickets are no longer valid and will be refunded in full. We are working with our local government and public health officials to determine a capacity that is safe for our fans, staff and players and will go on sale with reduced-capacity tickets at that time.
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Philadelphia Eagles will play with no fans in attendance...I really think there will be NO full season, but they'll try...

[GrifFan]

The KC Chiefs posted this on a FB event for a game this season. First I'd seen official confirmation that seating capacity would be reduced.

Due to COVID-19, we will be operating under a reduced capacity for the 2020 season. Any previously purchased single game tickets are no longer valid and will be refunded in full. We are working with our local government and public health officials to determine a capacity that is safe for our fans, staff and players and will go on sale with reduced-capacity tickets at that time.
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[OPSUALUM77&81]

Sorry but I'm waiting for reruns of the WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP !!

Arnold Schwarzenegger was the European Curling Champion.

[SW_Mustang]

Not that exciting, but Syracuse is switching to mobile ticketing as a small precaution against COVID-19

https://www.nny360.com/sports/colleg...3beb47c97.html

[SW_Mustang]

A post from Ohio-Chillicothe's softball Facebook page (July 11):

"Message from the University to our OHIO Chillicothe student athletes: You deserve to fulfill your educational goals in a setting that provides you with the safest experiences. We believe that all of the planned interventions for the fall semester will provide that. Three of our regional campuses provide students the opportunity to engage in competitive athletic experiences as an extracurricular activity. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were exploring the possibility of transitioning to club/intramural athletic opportunities and away from the current conference athletic teams due to increasing costs. The pandemic has accelerated these discussions and led us to reconsider moving forward with our current athletic programs.

Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to be able to implement the safeguards that are required for safe competitive sports on our regional campuses. Although we will not offer athletic programs this academic year, we understand that the opportunity to engage in healthy physical activity is extremely important to many of our students, and so we plan to resume athletic programming through club/intramural type opportunities once it is safe for us to do so."

I'm guessing the ORCC is going to suspend sports for the entire year. They don't have a website or centralized social media efforts, so I don't know for sure. I really hope the entire conference doesn't fold, they have existed since the 1970s.

If you can't tell, I like these tiny oddball conferences. I don't really want to see them fold.

[SW_Mustang]

Here's an article about what could happen to College Gameday this season - something interesting to think about:

https://www.uticaod.com/sports/20200...hift-to-spring

[SW_Mustang]

The Empire 8 conference of NCAA DIII has postponed fall sports.

https://www.uticaod.com/sports/20200...hift-to-spring

[SW_Mustang]

The University of Wisconsin satellite campuses have suspended sports. I believe they are all non-football. If I am correct, they all compete in their own independent JUCO conference and aren't apart of the NJCAA - however they do regularly compete against NJCAA schools.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/...etics-program/