As Big 12, NCAA deal with the impacts of coronavirus, a true nightmare scenario may be on the

[TexasTowelie]

As Big 12, NCAA deal with the impacts of coronavirus, a true nightmare scenario may be on the horizon for college sports


As jarring and as sad as a March without madness has become, there may be something far worse for college sports.

Imagine a fall without a football — a true nightmare scenario.

For the moment, college coaches and administrators are focused on trying to just navigate recent events.

Are things such as spring football practice even feasible — and if it doesn’t happen, what can be done?

The really dark cloud on the horizon is, what happens if impact of the coronavirus continues into August and beyond, impacting college football — the lifeblood of the FBS conferences?

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-longhorns/2020/03/21/as-big-12-ncaa-deal-with-the-impacts-of-coronavirus-a-true-nightmare-scenario-may-be-on-the-horizon-for-college-sports/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I can easily imagine fall without football.

It gives kids brain damage and wastes money that universities could use to actually educate people. The virus is creating plenty of nightmare scenarios, but a dearth of football isn't one of them.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Blasphemy!

You are posting in the Sports Group after all.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Yeah, I suppose.

It just seems to me that the loss of a fall football season doesn't rank very high on a list of cv-related disasters.

[Bradshaw3]

5. You obviously don't understand the economics of the sport

The athletics programs at many major universities are paid for by the revenue from college football, which are self-supporting and don't get money from the general education funds. Those programs include includes all the women's sports, which would require university funds to keep them going if football went away. The colleges would be using university funds, "wasting money" on the women's sports to use your perjorative take.

[dem4decades]

4. Really don't care one bit. Our state college wastes millions of dollars on football.