Big 12 joins SEC, ACC for a college football fall
The Big 12 Conference reaffirmed its decision to press on with college football and other fall sports Wednesday, joining the ACC and SEC in taking the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came one day after the Pac12 and Big Ten announced they would not be participating this fall.
The Big 12 board of directors approved a plan to begin fall sports after Sept. 1 with football playing a schedule in which each team can play one nonconference game before league play begins Sept. 26.
The league’s schools have agreed to enhanced coronavirus testing that includes three tests per week.
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement: “We are comfortable in our institutions’ ability to provide a structured training environment, rigorous testing and surveillance, hospital quality sanitation and mitigation practices that optimize the health and safety of our studentathletes.”
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