Could The NCAA Move Football To The Summer?

Covid-19 has taken over everyone's daily lives and that includes the sports world. The college football season is still about five months away but a writer from Sports Business Daily has an option for the upcoming season and that is to play the games in the summer. The reason is that some do feel the Covid-19 virus will dissipate some during the warmer months of the summer and then return once the temperatures get cooler.

"Amid a growing concern that the college football season could be pushed back, or even canceled, an alternative could come into play -- moving the season up to July, August, and September.Every other scenario has the season starting later in the fall, at a time when the coronavirus could be returning for another round of infections as the cool weather returns and a vaccine most likely unavailable until 2021. But staging an abbreviated college football season in the summer presents an opportunity to play games when the warm weather could help prevent the spread of the virus."

"I just don't see this happening. I think if we do see another wave of the virus in the fall, it will likely mean the outright cancellation of the 2020 season.

The site presents this as a hypothetical situation with a bunch of "ifs" inserted into the equation including questions about campuses being open, fans being allowed into the stadium, media partners being receptive to the idea and many more.

Those logistical questions are likely too much to overcome to get a season in that early. We don't even yet know if the current "shelter in place" directives in many states would be lifted in time to start a camp early and we are trying really hard to avoid speculation about the virus - there is way too much of that going on by unqualified people as it is - but it doesn't seem likely right now that anyone is going to be jumping into large crowds in a couple months' time.

Still, how strange would it be to see the Red River Showdown take place in July, with no State Fair and possibly no fans in attendance? It's highly doubtful that would happen, but we are living in extraordinary times.

If the Virus does subside some during the summer months then I feel it would be a viable option. It will be weird to see and the season would be shortened but still, some football would be far better than no football. We shall see, but it will be interesting to see how the NCAA will handle this. I will keep you posted.