While Newsom did not actively call for games to commence, he also did not come out against athletes returning to the field.
The Big Ten's announcement makes the Pac-12 the only remaining conference among the so-called Power Five to have its 2020 season on hold. That could put pressure on the Pac-12 — and Newsom and state officials — to find a way for games to resume. Oregon, whose Gov. Kate Brown has taken a similarly restrictive tack as Newsom, also remains a hurdle for the conference with two Pac-12 programs there.
California’s official guidelines lay out a series of benchmarks that collegiate programs must meet to hold practices and games. To resume competitions between teams, programs must have the capacity to conduct tests and get results within 72 hours before “high contact” games; must notify other schools of positive tests within 48 hours; and must either have access to adequate contact tracing in their immediate area or supply personnel to conduct the process.
Still, NFL teams have been allowed to practice and play in Los Angeles County and California without fans. Professional teams face less stringent rules than collegiate athletes.Newsom could face increasing pressure from California Division I universities, which rely on football programs to generate a significant share of athletic revenues through television contracts, sponsorships and donations.
ball is on your 'field' pac12 Pac12Network ,,, jump in or enjoy watching football from your living room
If colleges can play football churches can reopen. Restaurants can reopen. ALL businesses can re-open. You cannot have it both ways!
Money got slid into his pocket. If you can play football, then you can open up everything.
He listens to science when it’s convenient ..... vampire bankers want their college loans .... Evil
They should.
Someone got a piece of the pie
Can you please challenge him on the ridiculousness of this? None of these DemocratDeceivers cite any reliable third party scientist, only their propaganda programming channels are used. Oh yeah, Politico is DemocratPropaganda my bad
Follow it.
THE INSANE GERMANS FOLLOWED HITLER, & INSANE AMERICANS FOLLOW INSANE tRUMP. RE-IMPEACH CORRUPT trump AND republicons. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, NOT ELECTIONS. CON REPUBLICONS KNEW ABOUT CORONA VIRUS FOR YEARS & DID NOTHING BUT CUT THE CDC, VACCINES, W.H.O., ACA HEALTH CARE
Brother, get it together.
There HAS to be others that scratch their head too? Since the beginning? COME ON
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