(04-02-2020 10:53 AM)ken d Wrote:  I'm not sure I see the point of playing games in either the spring or fall if they would be played without fans. In any case, if we are still in anything like the present social restrictions through the end of 2020, we're going to have much bigger problems than whether we have sports. What we would have would be something even worse than the Depression of the 1930's.

But just to play the speculation game, one approach might be this. Provided students are allowed to return to campus and fans allowed to attend games, start the basketball season after Christmas, playing only conference games. Have an abbreviated NCAAT, played over two weeks, scheduled to finish by the end of March.

Start the football season the first week in April, again only playing conference games (and games against independents). Have no postseason except for conference championships. No bowl games, and players drafted (and even signed) before their season ends do not lose eligibility until after their season ends.

All other fall sports seasons would be moved to the spring semester.

If virus forecasting models are correct, something like that may be the best we can hope for.