UMass Cancels 2020 Football Season Due To Coronavirus

BOSTON — As the Power 5 conferences scramble to figure out a way to stage a 2020 college football season in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, one local team is bowing out.

UMass will not be playing football in the fall, the school announced on Tuesday.

“After consulting with university, state and public health officials, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 UMass football season,” UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford in a release. “We have been in constant communication with university leadership and our football staff since March, with the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches and staff remaining our top priority. The continuing challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic posed too great of a risk, and we reached the conclusion that attempting to play a season would not have placed the members of our program in the safest situation possible.”

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