College football in a pandemic? SEC releases its 2020 season schedule
4 years, 4 months ago

College football in a pandemic? SEC releases its 2020 season schedule

LA Times  

With the same force that it’s known for on the football field, the SEC continues its attempt to plow through the COVID-19 pandemic as it released its 10-game, conference-only schedule Monday. The Sept. 26 start date was chosen in part to allow time for people to return to campus and assimilate before beginning competition, SEC Ccommissioner Greg Sankey said on the SEC Network during the schedule release show. To prepare for the unique season, Sankey said the conference is working to find a “third-party entity” to help support testing capacity for the schools and have uniform testing protocols across the 14 teams. Testing limitations as well as high rates of community transmission in local markets were reasons that led to the Pac-12 postponing its fall season this month, but Sankey said he’s noticed improving trend lines lately. “As our campuses return, that’s been an incredibly important part of our decision-making process and that needs to be done in a healthy manner,” Sankey said on the SEC Network.

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