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Larry Scott sounding bullish on football this fall, 

"With less than three months before the traditional start of college football training camps, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Friday he’s become more optimistic that a full season will be played this fall.

“It’s obviously a dynamic situation and we’re becoming more informed all the time,” Scott told the Star after the conference wrapped up its weeklong spring meetings. “But sitting here today, I’m feeling optimistic, like we’re gonna have a football season that will start on time. I’m more optimistic today than I was, say, a week ago.”

Scott said his hopes are now higher for three reasons: That several Pac-12 schools (including Arizona) have announced plans to reopen campuses in the fall, that the NFL didn’t receive any government pushback when announcing its 2020 schedule this week and that he’s received positive feedback from medical experts around the conference’s schools about protocols that could make it work."

https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/national/...c4eb3.html


NCAA president Mark Emmert's seems less bullish.

"NCAA president Mark Emmert said he has spoken to hundreds of presidents and commissioners in recent weeks and he believes there is consensus among them about the upcoming season.

"All of the commissioners and every president that I've talked to is in clear agreement: If you don't have students on campus, you don't have student-athletes on campus," Emmert said. "That doesn't mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. ... If a school doesn't reopen, then they're not going to be playing sports. It's really that simple."

Emmert went on to say that he expects some sort of decision or plan to be made regarding college football by the Fourth of July."

https://247sports.com/Article/NCAA-Footb...146970770/

More from Larry Scott

"Scott also addressed the woolly mammoth in the room: The potential for one or more Pac-12 universities to refuse to play this fall.

Would the conference leave someone behind?

Could one school squash the season for the collective?

Might we see the Pac-11 … or the Pac-9?

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we get there, but I don’t expect that,” he said.

Scott said he has spoken with each president/chancellor individually since the shutdown began and believes there is a commitment to move forward as one."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/08/p...s-to-play/

[82lsju]

Larry Scott sounding bullish on football this fall, 

"With less than three months before the traditional start of college football training camps, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Friday he’s become more optimistic that a full season will be played this fall.

“It’s obviously a dynamic situation and we’re becoming more informed all the time,” Scott told the Star after the conference wrapped up its weeklong spring meetings. “But sitting here today, I’m feeling optimistic, like we’re gonna have a football season that will start on time. I’m more optimistic today than I was, say, a week ago.”

Scott said his hopes are now higher for three reasons: That several Pac-12 schools (including Arizona) have announced plans to reopen campuses in the fall, that the NFL didn’t receive any government pushback when announcing its 2020 schedule this week and that he’s received positive feedback from medical experts around the conference’s schools about protocols that could make it work."

https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/national/...c4eb3.html


NCAA president Mark Emmert's seems less bullish.

"NCAA president Mark Emmert said he has spoken to hundreds of presidents and commissioners in recent weeks and he believes there is consensus among them about the upcoming season.

"All of the commissioners and every president that I've talked to is in clear agreement: If you don't have students on campus, you don't have student-athletes on campus," Emmert said. "That doesn't mean [the school] has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you have to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. ... If a school doesn't reopen, then they're not going to be playing sports. It's really that simple."

Emmert went on to say that he expects some sort of decision or plan to be made regarding college football by the Fourth of July."

https://247sports.com/Article/NCAA-Footb...146970770/

More from Larry Scott

"Scott also addressed the woolly mammoth in the room: The potential for one or more Pac-12 universities to refuse to play this fall.

Would the conference leave someone behind?

Could one school squash the season for the collective?

Might we see the Pac-11 … or the Pac-9?

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we get there, but I don’t expect that,” he said.

Scott said he has spoken with each president/chancellor individually since the shutdown began and believes there is a commitment to move forward as one."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/08/p...s-to-play/