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NCAA D1 Council recommends additional eligibility, spring championships for fall sports

On Wednesday, the B1G officially announced that it would be moving fall sports — football included — to the spring. After many B1G athletes were involved with the “We Want to Play” campaign (and Ohio State QB Justin Fields collected thousands of signatures), it felt like this was going to be the largest college sports story of the day.

Not even close.

The Division I Council (a group of Athletic Directors and Conference Executives) made several landscape shaping recommendations for fall sports as the country and schools deal with the COVID-19 health and safety protocols.