NFL plans to consult advisory committee

The NFL will consult an advisory committee made up of former coaches, GMs and players on such issues as postponing, moving or even canceling games this season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Troy Vincent, the league’s football operations chief, said Wednesday that the advisers, who will report to Commissioner Roger Goodell, will help avoid any “inequities” in those decisions. Vincent didn’t identify any members of the panel, saying he was awaiting their approval to do so.

Vincent also said the league will consider playoff games in a bubble environment, noting that “all options are on the table.” Saints coach Sean Payton recently brought up that possibility during a competition committee meeting.

The league sent teams game-day and travel protocols this week..

The league suspended Chiefs CB Bashaud Breeland for the first four games of the season because of off-the-field issues earlier this year. ESPN previously reported that Breeland was arrested in April on multiple charges that included resisting arrest, marijuana possession and driving without a license.

Colleges: Two former LSU students say they were raped by RB Derrius Guice when he was a freshman at the school in 2016, USA Today reported. The women said they shared their allegations with multiple people at LSU, including at least two coaches, an athletics administrator and a nurse. The women said the school failed to investigate and didn’t interview them or potential witnesses. Washington’s NFL team released Guice on Aug. 7, two hours after he was arrested on three separate domestic violence charges in Virginia . ... North Carolina suspended athletics activities for all sports teams for at least 24 hours due to a “continued upward trend in positive COVID-19 tests on campus.” The announcement came two days after UNC canceled in-person undergraduate classes . ... Notre Dame canceled football practice and might take Thursday off as well in response to the school’s decision to go to online classes because of a coronavirus outbreak on campus.

NHL: Former Senators assistant GM Randy Lee and the team reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago. The driver’s lawyer, Charles Desmond, cited a confidentiality agreement in declining to reveal details of the settlement. The lawsuit sought unspecified damages from the Senators and Lee, who had already pleaded guilty to a criminal violation for inappropriate actions and comments he made to the then-19-year-old.

Soccer: Serge Gnabry led Bayern Munich into a first Champions League final in seven years, scoring twice in a 3-0 victory over Lyon in Lisbon, Portugal. The German champs will play first-time finalist Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday . ... Spanish power Barcelona officially announced Ronald Koeman as its new manager. The 57-year-old Koeman returns to the club where he thrived as a defender in the early 1990s. Koeman, who had been coaching the Dutch national team, replaces recently-fired Quique Setien.