Michigan AD Warde Manuel, with Darryl Conway and Dr. Sami Rifat, discusses the plan to get student-athletes back to campus for workouts June 18, 2020. Detroit Free Press
Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher isn't surprised by much these days, but he was shocked when the Big Ten announced Thursday it was canceling its nonconference athletic schedule for the fall.
The coronavirus-motivated move by Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren nixes 11 football games from the MAC schedule, handing teams in the conference a loss of more than $10 million, including $2.15 million for Central Michigan, which was set to play — and be paid by — Nebraska and Northwestern.