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What Will Happen to Big Ten and Pac-12 Rosters Without Fall Football?

If there is no college football this fall, it will be a nightmare. The ACC, Big 12, SEC and a few Group of Five leagues are still planning on starting the 2020 season in September, but the never-improving COVID-19 data makes it hard to believe it can happen. And if the season gets canceled, the financial ramifications would be catastrophic for a lot of programs. Both USA Today and ESPN have postulated that we're talking about a $4 billion decision here, or around $78 million per Power Five school.

But if there is football this fall, there's a smaller but still very significant nightmare to consider:

What happens to Big Ten and Pac-12 rosters?