Alabama, Georgia and LSU – ranked No. 3, 4 and 5 in the Amway Coaches Poll – avoided adding risky games when the SEC released its updated schedule.
Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY
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At some point in coming years, college athletes will boycott a major sports event, or a star player who leads a movement will help destroy amateurism.
Opinion: COVID-19 will affect college football season. But how will it inform rankings of Amway Coaches Poll voters?
How do Amway Coaches Poll voters account for a team that shows up but is missing most of its wide receivers or first string offensive line?
Opinion: What’s the rush? ACC pressing forward with football is part of big college sports gamble in coronavirus era
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As list of COVID-19 truthers grows, it’s clear misinformation is going to be a major challenge for sports – potentially ruining league restarts.
Opinion: College football programs fighting another opponent in pandemic: mental health
Even before a pandemic, college programs were more attuned to the mental health of players, but a fall without football would present a new challenge.
Opinion: If New Mexico’s governor stops college football in that state because of COVID-19, could others follow?
Whether New Mexico’s governor can force colleges to postpone football is unclear. But it’s notable she is the first significant political voice trying
Opinion: NFL, college football will increase strain on nation’s COVID-19 testing capacity
No matter how you explain it, sports are cutting the line and using testing resources that seem to be scarce in too many areas of the country.
Opinion: NFL had the most time to deal with COVID-19 and appears to have done the least
Despite having the most time, the NFL has apparently done the least over the last four months to deal with COVID-19. How does that happen?
Opinion: If college football is scrapped, blame America’s utter failure in COVID-19 testing
Once-a-week COVID-19 testing in college football isn’t enough to keep virus out. Blame our country’s complete failure on tests if season is scrapped.