Big Ten and Pac-12 Postpone Fall Football Season
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The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall, but the Big 12 reportedly intends to
After two premier college athletics conferences said they'd postpone fall sports including football because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports say that another still intends to play football this autumn.
The Big 12 Conference, following a meeting on Tuesday, still intends to have a fall football season, according to reports from Yahoo! Sports and ESPN. Both outlets cite unnamed sources.
When reached by CNN on Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the Big 12 said that details would be announced Wednesday morning.
Earlier Tuesday, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences...
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College football updates: Focus shifts to SEC, ACC and Big 12 after Big Ten, Pac-12 moves 
The college football season remains in a state of flux, with the NCAA’s member institutions and conferences not exactly presenting a united front with regard to how to proceed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As matters stand now, two major conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, will not play this fall. Two others, the SEC and the ACC, are hoping to move ahead with the plans they announced last week to delay competition until late September and move ahead with games. The Big 12 followed Wednesday by confirming its plans....
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What does no college football mean for college communities?
The cancellation of the Big 10 football season likely means a loss of millions of dollars for college towns such as Columbus, the home of The Ohio State University.
On Tuesday, the Big 10 formally delayed its fall athletics season, and could reschedule it for the spring.
“One of the big impacts in college towns will be retailers,” John Crossman, CEO of Crossman Career Builders, said in an email to The Center Square.
“As if they weren’t facing enough issues, the lack of students is a huge impact,” Crossman added....
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