NCAA president Mark Emmert said it is unlikely for schools’ college football and other athletic teams to begin competition until all students return to campuses across the United States.
Announced via the NCAA’s official Twitter account Friday night, Emmert talked about his conversations with hundreds of presidents and commissioners in recent weeks and believes there is unity among university personnel.
“All of the commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus,” Emmert said. “That doesn’t mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes as much as the regular students.