Not only has it been one of the most successful conferences on the field but off the field it has become one of the wealthiest.The Big Ten, with its lucrative television network, distributes about $50 million per year to its members.President Donald Trump joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches Monday in the push to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown.There was speculation that two of the five most powerful conferences — the Big Ten and the Pac-12 — might call off their seasons. The attorney for Nebraska running back Maurice Washington III has issued a statement regarding the “revenge porn” charges his client is facing in California. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, picked up on the safer-with-football theme in a letter to the presidents and chancellors of the Big Ten.“Life is about tradeoffs. Their demands were more targeted, strictly related to health and safety in dealing with COVID-19.Sunday night, the call with Reynolds, Rencher and Lawrence led to a Zoom meeting — of course — with some of the Pac-12 players involved in “Just started bouncing ideas off each others’ heads and kind of discussing where we go from here and we ended up coming up with that statement,” said Under the logos of each Power Five conference — ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC — the players — Establish universal mandated health & safety procedures and protocols to protect college athletes against COVID-19 among all conferences throughout the NCAA.— Give players the opportunity to opt out and respect their decision.— Guarantee eligibility whether a player chooses to play the season or not.— Use our voices to establish open communication and trust between players and officials: Ultimately create a College Football Players Association.All of this capped a weekend during which the adults who run college sports seemed to be moving toward shutting it all down because of the pandemic.A day after the Mid-American Conference became the first of the major college football leagues to cancel the fall season, Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday.

“Especially, in the near future.”In many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football.There are no 75,000-seat stadiums in the MAC. Certainly. “Football gave me all the opportunities I have today, but I can’t do it at the expense of people’s lives.”Eastern Michigan athletic director Scott Wetherbee said he has been feeling a sense of inevitability for two weeks about the MAC canceling fall football, but can’t predict whether this decision trickles up to other conferences.“Could it? Whether they can be recouped and when is still to be determined. Monday, NBC Bay Area reported that Washington was facing criminal charges in connection to a video of a teen being sexually assaulted in 2016.

CFT, out…South Carolina pulls in transfer WR from Tarleton StateSan Jose State player who suffered ‘major brain injury’ in car accident back home after two months of rehabWashington State head coach Nick Rolovich intimates opting out over COVID-19 concerns is fine, not so much for Pac-12 players movementArizona QB Kevin Doyle Jr. is third Power Five player to opt out of 2020 season over COVID-19 concernsCollege Football amidst Coronavirus Pandemic: On this day in CFT history, including the family of Joe Paterno filing an appeal of the NCAA’s sanctions of Penn StateNevada picks up JUCO QB after losing one to the FCSReport: Washington State players who support Pac-12 movement ‘released from team’Texas Tech defensive lineman who declared for the 2020 NFL Draft in January has reportedly transferred to an FCS schoolTulsa confirms addition of Missouri RB Anthony Watkins to its roster Kent State alone had more than $5 million in so-called guarantee games canceled. Take time when making decisions. Its television deal with ESPN pays per year only a few million more than the $9 million Clemson pays coach Still, the MAC is one of 10 conferences that competes in the NCAA’s highest level of football, and Saturday it became the first of those to surrender to the coronavirus pandemic and cancel the fall sports season.So is the MAC an anomaly, done in by its small budgets or is this a dire sign of things to come in college football?“I won’t try to judge what other folks are doing,” MAC Commissioner Not long after the MAC announced it would explore second-semester seasons for all fall sports, including soccer and volleyball, the Big Ten made its own announcement that seemed ominous given the timing.Tapping the brakes on football’s preseason, the Big Ten told its schools that until further notice full contact practices cannot begin. 13,479 There may not be a resolution to Maurice Washington’s legal situation until the Huskers’ 2019 season is completed.