Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issues statement after Big Ten announces fall season is back on
With Big Ten football officially back on for fall 2020, the Pac-12 is now the only Power 5 conference not planning to play a fall season. After the Big Ten news, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement addressing the status of a fall sports season in the conference.
Scott’s statement noted that in addition to COVID-19, there is currently another major concern on the west coast:
“At this time, our universities in California and Oregon do not have approval from state or local public health officials to start contact practice. We are hopeful that our new daily testing capability can help satisfy public health official approvals in California and Oregon to begin contact practice and competition. We are equally closely monitoring the devastating fires and air quality in our region at this time. We are eager for our student-athletes to have the opportunity to play this season, as soon as it can be done safely and in accordance with public health authority approvals.”
Some Pac-12 players, such as star Southern Cal WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, have shared letters calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow them to return to the field.
The clock is ticking for the Pac-12 to return in time to be part of this season’s College Football Playoff.
Again, everyone needs to remember that the massive wildfires are a result of liberal politicians resisting controlled burns, which are known to greatly lessen the effect of forest fires and were used by Native Americans for hundreds of years to protect their lands.
The wildfires raging in California are exponentially more of a CONTRIBUTOR to global warming than they are caused by it.
Wildfires have been happening for hundreds of millions of years, but now houses and coffee shops are in the way.
Agreed. The liberal message is to blame global warming, but it’s nonsense. They just let these fires happen. That’s on them.
You do know the federal government actually owns 58 percent of the forests in California. Just saying maybe the problem might be in D.C.
California thinks they are a national leader. They thought they would force everyone’s hand.
They found out quick.
Notice they use the words – health “authority”. There is no such thing.
They now know that no one is listening to them or following them and now they will get in line and follow.
How embarrassing for them.
“The clock is ticking for the Pac-12 to return in time to be part of this season’s College Football Playoff.”
Were they ever in the discussion to make it anyway?
Oregon had a shot. Their own governor ended that.
The absence of the PAC 12 would not be noticed in the least.
^^^^ exactly.
Sounds accurate for the west coast… Great potential just to be destroyed by their elected officials.