NCAA establishes COVID-19 hotline to allow athletes and others to report concerns

As things stand right now, the ACC, Big 12 and SEC are moving forward with plans to play football this fall. The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t play until at least the spring.

The NCAA has been largely quiet on the COVID-19 matter, allowing conferences to make their own choices on whether to play or not.

However, on Wednesday, the NCAA announced it was starting a COVID-19 hotline so players, parents and anyone else can report concerns about returning to play:

The NCAA has established a COVID-19 hotline to allow college athletes, parents or others to report potential return-to-sport concerns.

➡️ https://t.co/NnCHPgCfyp pic.twitter.com/DXwG4VbZmR

— NCAA (@NCAA) August 12, 2020

Let’s just say there’s some concern that fans, coaches and others will be responsible about this hotline:

Uh dude, half of LSU's student body got Tim Tebow's phone number before a game.

Good luck with this. https://t.co/WrywiwD32e

— Thomas Goldkamp (@ThomasGoldkamp) August 12, 2020

This will end well…. https://t.co/nOrJXHCPY5

— Paul Zeise (@PaulZeise) August 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/NateVon/status/1293631501402279941

I’m sure all the calls will be very factual and none of them will have any alternative motives. https://t.co/Uid6HgFOxb

— Chase Parham (@ChaseParham) August 12, 2020

“Yes this is Brysonne’s mom from Auburn, I saw Kromberly at Alabama in an Instagram story not socially distanced at the Hoover Chick-Fil-A” https://t.co/KwS4nhY5QX

— Wes Blankenship (@Wes_nship) August 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/BNuhgoiyen/status/1293630496514150401

We’ll see how this latest NCAA venture plays out.