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Per ESPN-
University of Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins said Wednesday that he does not anticipate the Wildcats playing football this fall, even though the university plans to bring students and faculty back to campus for face-to-face instruction during the fall semester.
In an interview with KVOI-AM in Tucson, Arizona, Robbins said he is worried about intercollegiate sports getting back to normal after the coronavirus pandemic.
"I'm really concerned about whether we're going to be playing football in the fall," Robbins told the radio station. "My sense, right now, after discussions with my fellow Pac-12 Presidents and their AD's and after consultation with the CDC and local government, is that I just don't see that happening." "I highly doubt there is going to be college football this Fall. I would peg it at a 10% chance at best, and that might be optimistic."
Robbins' comments echoed those of other University Presidents and ADs across the country, including those of influential University of Connecticut president Tom Katsouleas, who told students in a UConn journalism class teleconference Tuesday that "right now, the opinion of the CDC and schools across the country is that classes will resume on campus in the all, HOWEVER that all fall sports will be canceled. I don't see that changing as we emerge from this pandemic, ESPECIALLY since the CDC is now warning of a 2nd, even more severe outbreak, striking in the Fall."
University of Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins said Wednesday that he does not anticipate the Wildcats playing football this fall, even though the university plans to bring students and faculty back to campus for face-to-face instruction during the fall semester.
In an interview with KVOI-AM in Tucson, Arizona, Robbins said he is worried about intercollegiate sports getting back to normal after the coronavirus pandemic.
"I'm really concerned about whether we're going to be playing football in the fall," Robbins told the radio station. "My sense, right now, after discussions with my fellow Pac-12 Presidents and their AD's and after consultation with the CDC and local government, is that I just don't see that happening." "I highly doubt there is going to be college football this Fall. I would peg it at a 10% chance at best, and that might be optimistic."
Robbins' comments echoed those of other University Presidents and ADs across the country, including those of influential University of Connecticut president Tom Katsouleas, who told students in a UConn journalism class teleconference Tuesday that "right now, the opinion of the CDC and schools across the country is that classes will resume on campus in the all, HOWEVER that all fall sports will be canceled. I don't see that changing as we emerge from this pandemic, ESPECIALLY since the CDC is now warning of a 2nd, even more severe outbreak, striking in the Fall."
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