NCAA president Mark Emmert gives strongest warning yet fall sports might not happen

The NCAA has introduced guidelines for colleges and universities to use for the return to play in the fall, but it gave its strongest warning yet fall sports might not happen if the Covid-19 outbreakis not contained.

“When we made the extremely difficult decision to cancel last spring’s championships, it was because there was simply no way to conduct them safely,” NCAAPresident Mark Emmert said. “This document lays out the advice of health care professionals as to how to resume college sports if we can achieve an environment where Covid-19 rates are manageable.Today, sadly, the data point [is] in the wrong direction. If there is to be college sports in the fall, we need to get a much better handle on the pandemic.”