https://www.foxnews.com/media/will-...eyre-ready-to-play-despite-coronavirus-crisis
With the news of two Big Ten programs, Michigan State and Rutgers, putting their entire teams into quarantine after some of their staff and players tested positive for coronavirus, the future of college football in 2020 gets more dismal by the day.
“It's affected intercollegiate athletics, the enterprise. And we continue to navigate so many unknowns and uncertainties,” Director of Athletics at Texas Tech University Kirby Hocutt told Fox News in an exclusive interview.
Collegiate sports are universities and colleges’ biggest moneymakers—and school presidents and athletic directors certainly rely on the funds that come from their Division I teams. Between the millions the teams bring in from ticket sales, television contracts, apparel deals, and alumni contributions, it’s easy to see how much a school’s financial status could change if say a pandemic closed down a large portion of athletics.
...more at the link.
With the news of two Big Ten programs, Michigan State and Rutgers, putting their entire teams into quarantine after some of their staff and players tested positive for coronavirus, the future of college football in 2020 gets more dismal by the day.
“It's affected intercollegiate athletics, the enterprise. And we continue to navigate so many unknowns and uncertainties,” Director of Athletics at Texas Tech University Kirby Hocutt told Fox News in an exclusive interview.
Collegiate sports are universities and colleges’ biggest moneymakers—and school presidents and athletic directors certainly rely on the funds that come from their Division I teams. Between the millions the teams bring in from ticket sales, television contracts, apparel deals, and alumni contributions, it’s easy to see how much a school’s financial status could change if say a pandemic closed down a large portion of athletics.
...more at the link.
