RE: Tracking the return of JMU sports (no discussions of validity of covid pandemic)
Might as well throw out one more update prior to all h3ll breaking loose tomorrow morning.
[new] stuff.
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JMU: One positive test result of an asymptomatic player on 7/22 and 12 players were quarantined as part of response to the single positive test. This is in addition to the single positive test and 3 quarantined players from early in July. JMU will have to make the field as an at large as the CAA auto qualifier is out. Chatty, UNC (could be impacted by +1 ACC plan) and Elon are still on, Merrimack is out.
FCS: 7/24 statement said no change but made a decision today, and announcement tomorrow. [new]
P5:
ACC: 10 + 1 OOC and the OOC must be played in the school’s home state. ND gets 10 ACC games
Big Ten: Conference only; Rumored to be 9 or 10 game season starting on 9/5 allowing 3-5 open weekends and expect final confirmation by Friday (8/7)
Big 12: 9 + 1 OCC (must be home); Anticipated start sometime between mid- to late-September, with the expectation that non-conference games are contested prior to beginning league games [new – announced 8/3]
Pac 12: Conference only (10 games) starting after 9/19
SEC: Conference only (10 games) starting after 9/26
Indys (ND, Liberty, BYU, Army, NM, UMass, UConn): ND is included in the ACC 10+1 plan; BYU has now had 6 games cancelled due to conference only decisions. UMass lost their second game and as it appears, the $1.9M payday from Auburn. I guess the optimistic view is they are also out of the $250k owed to Albany
G5:
AAC: Assumed playing as planned but no official statement
CUSA: Assuming playing as planned; ”Sources” say the plan as of 7/30 is to get as many games as possible on schedule and that conference schools can play each other a second time as an OOC game
MAC: Assumed playing as planned but no official statement
MW: Assumed playing as planned but no official statement
SB: Officially stating the goal is to play 12 games (4 OOC) by scheduling new games for those that have been cancelled and starting week 0. Joins CUSA as second conference to announce desire to play full seasons [new]
FCS:
Big Sky, 13 teams: Playing as planned; State they will reconvene after the NCAA Board of Governors meet this week
Big South, 6 teams: Playing as planned; Hampton and Monmouth not playing
CAA, 12 teams: Not playing Fall, announced 7/17 - No decision on Spring; JMU and Elon playing
Ivy, 8 teams: Not playing Fall, announced 7/8 – No decision on Spring
MEAC, 9 teams: Not playing Fall, announced 7/16 – No decision on Spring
Missouri Valley, 11 teams: Playing as planned; Officially planning to delay decision as long as possible
Northeast, 7 teams: Not playing fall, announced 7/29
Ohio Valley, 9 teams: Playing as planned
Patriot, 7 teams: Not playing Fall, announced 7/13
Pioneer, 9 teams: Conference only with season starting after 9/26
Southern, 9 teams: Playing as planned
Southland, 11 teams: Playing as planned
SWAC, 10 teams: Not playing Fall, announced 7/20 – Stated they want to play 7 games in Spring
Indy/Future Big South: [/i]Robert Morris has agreed to play Charleston Southern [new][/i] and Presbyterian
High School
VA: Football starts practice 2/15/21 and season is 3/1-5/1
Alabama: Playing as planned; A 3rd and 4th county (5 total schools) have cancelled the season (Green, Sumter, Barbour, Choctaw counties) and 2 others have delayed the start impacting two weeks/games (Muscle Shoals High, Deshler High)
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