Amid six months of near constant setbacks for college sports because of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest complaints from athletics administrators, coaches and fans has been the lack of a centralized leadership. While the professional leagues have set clear-cut plans for return to play, college sports have faced numerous cancellations/postponements. From the initial tweaks to conference basketball tournaments to the ultimate cancellation of some leagues' fall football seasons, it's been a slow, steady march toward the current situation.
Here's a look back at how we got here:
March 10: Ivy League nixes tournament
The Ivy League announced it would cancel its annual conference basketball tournament, naming its regular-season champion, Yale, the winner of its automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.