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College Football's Failure of Leadership Has Created a Cancellation Mess

We desperately wanted to avoid this moment. However, the 2020 college football season appears to be crumbling before our eyes.

What has seemed inevitable began happening over the weekend when the Mid-American Conference became the first Football Bowl Subdivision league to postpone fall sports until the spring. On Monday, Orion Sang, David Jesse, Chris Solari and Chris Thomas of the Detroit Free Press reported Big Ten presidents had voted 12-2 to cancel the 2020 football season.

That appeared to be the beginning of the end.

According to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated, the Pac-12 "is on a similar path" as the Big Ten.