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Opinion: Ivy League's decision to cancel fall football sure to influence other conferences

On March 10, a day before the NBA shocked the nation by suspending operations due to a player’s positive coronavirus test, the Ivy League canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournament.

Two days later, the rest of the nation canceled every men’s and women’s basketball game, including the NCAA tournaments.

On March 11, the Ivy League canceled all spring sports. A few days later, every college and high school in the country canceled all spring sports.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Ivy League told schools that it was canceling football and other fall sports.

If past is prologue, we will soon be hearing that the rest of the college sports world is considering canceling all fall sports.