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NCAA President Mark Emmert: 2020 college football season could look dramatically different

In a telephone call this week with Congressional leaders and several professional sports executives, NCAA President Mark Emmert outlined how the coronavirus pandemic may dramatically impact the 2020 college football season, according to reports detailing the meeting.

As teams in the Bowl Subdivision begin returning to campus following the NCAA’s decision to allow team activities to resume as of June 1, Emmert suggested that the upcoming season may end as early as Thanksgiving, months ahead of schedule.

Emmert also described the possibility that some teams in the 130-member FBS may not field a team this season, Rep.