The Fate of College Football's 2020 Season

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🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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College football's 2020 season hangs in the balance. Over the weekend, the Mid-Atlantic Conference cancelled its season. Today, big meetings and movements are expected from the Big Ten, PAC-12, and other conferences as they consider their options amidst growing concern around coronavirus. It's a decision that's become both political and personal, as conferences across the country have navigated the variations in protocols at the state, city, and university levels. On Monday, President Trump even weighed in on the situation, tweeting "Play College Football!" Adam Rittenberg brings us the latest, specifically on the Big Ten. Then, Cal offensive lineman Valentino Daltoso, who helped organize the PAC-12's "We Are United" movement, weighs in with the player perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the single most important moment in the history of college football.
0:05.0	I don't think when the dust settles, whenever that is, it is going to be recognizable.
0:10.0	The players really scare everyone right now.
0:13.0	In spite of the lip service from everyone inside intercollegiate athletics,
0:17.0	oh, we care so much about the player, we all know that's total BS. It may indeed be a day like no other for college football. And you're forgiven if you have
0:30.5	whiplash over the whole situation. Just last week, we were on track for some kind of college season.
0:38.0	But today, the sport's biggest conferences are on the brink of canceling for fall 2020.
0:44.1	Hear what's behind that about face and a player's view on whether the game's powers that be prefer cancellation or reform.
0:54.4	I'm Pablo Torre.
0:56.6	It's Tuesday, August 11.
0:59.4	This is ESPN Daily.
1:05.9	Adam Ridenberg, thank you for taking a little bit of time after what I assume is an incredibly chaotic day to chat with me.
1:13.3	Yeah, Bob, it's great to be with you. It's very historic and, like you said, wild and crazy time right now in college football as we figure out whether there'll be a season. And if there is, who will play?
1:24.3	Adam Ridenberg is scrambling to cover college football, including the Big Ten Conference for ESPN.
1:30.3	So Adam, I want to start by rewinding a little bit, actually, from your perspective, what last week looked like.
1:37.3	Because as a Friday, it kind of looked like we were going to have some college football.
1:42.3	There was this path moving forward
1:44.7	on that front. And so if you had to make a chart of how things stood last week of who was in,
1:53.7	who was out, who was on the fence for actually playing college football, what would that chart
1:59.1	have looked like? Yeah, it's like an optimism chart going back to March, but certainly, you know, even last week,
2:06.6	I still felt fairly optimistic about the possibility of a season.
2:12.6	We had Yukon that announced on Wednesday that they weren't going to play, but they're an independent. They're not connected to these television contracts like others are, even these group of five leagues.
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