{"id":43952,"date":"2020-08-10T02:14:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T02:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43952"},"modified":"2020-08-10T02:14:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T02:14:51","slug":"get-ready-no-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43952","title":{"rendered":"Get ready: no football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I believe football fans from coast to coast to coast need to steel themselves for some very bad news.<\/p>\n

There might not be football this autumn. Two college conferences — the Lone Star and Mid-American — have “postponed” all football games until the spring. The Ivy League canceled its football season altogether.<\/p>\n

The “power” conferences — such as the Big 12, the Pac 12, SEC, Big 10 — are set to play football. But wait! Are they really going to expose their student-athletes to the pandemic, to the coronavirus that continues to kill Americans?<\/p>\n

I have this feeling in my gut, right along with my trick knee, that we aren’t likely to see college football this autumn. Or, perhaps, too the National Football League.<\/p>\n

A lot of players are opting out of NFL play, citing concerns over the virus.<\/p>\n

Am I dreading the thought of no football this fall? Yes. More so regarding intercollegiate football. I care less about the NFL than I care about NCAA football.<\/p>\n

I care much more, though, for the well being of the student-athletes, their coaches, their family members, their friends and assorted loved ones who could be infected a potential killer that continues to ravage this nation.<\/p>\n\n

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