As somebody recently explained to me, college sports are likely to be the least aggressive when it comes to returning to competition. Why?
Because as big as the business of college sports is it's not as big as the business of college.
Athletics funds athletics.
Because as big as the business of college sports is it's not as big as the business of college.
Athletics funds athletics.
Athletics for the most part doesn't fund the university much. So why would a college president, leading an institution whose mission is to educate young people and secondarily to keep them safe, have any motivation to allow the athletic department to rush the football team back?
The other thing is in pro sports, the players and leagues are in a partnership. If MLB wants to play in a bio-dome in Arizona, the players have to sign off and might because the stakes ($$) are really high for them too.
But players aren't partners in college sports.
But players aren't partners in college sports.
Universities, athletic departments and sports programs play the role of caretakers to players.
If an MLB or NBA player agrees to a return then gets sick, well that player had a say in the decision.
If a college team comes back and players get sick, the school owns that failure.
If an MLB or NBA player agrees to a return then gets sick, well that player had a say in the decision.
If a college team comes back and players get sick, the school owns that failure.
