This pandemic-ridden year may not seem like the best time to be pushing colleges to add sports. Not when colleges are cutting back. Not when students are considering gap years that would eat intothe student fees that help most athletics departments balance the budget. Not when mighty Stanford comes to the grim realization So why […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Time to face reality: ‘No one is playing college football in the fall’ By Pete Thamel (Yahoo Sports) 2. The poet laureate of Concacaf on life in the Middle East, Black LivesMatter & his dream of coaching Man Utd By Jon Arnold (Get Concacafed) 3. Thelast reporter in town had one big question for […]
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College soccer: Almost 90 NCAA schools have canceled fall programs
The move to cut back or eliminate fall sports (or move them to the spring) continued on Monday. Here is an overview of how it affects men’s and women’s soccer: NCAA Division I. The Patriot League became the second NCAA Division I conference to announce that it won’t play fall sports. The league with 10 […]
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Mike Lynch: College soccer makes American system the optimal model
As an American soccer fan, Mike Lynch appreciates Christian Pulisic’s talents. The 21-year-old rocketed up the ranks of international soccer, to become amainstay of the U.S. men’s national team heading into the 2022 World Cup. But as an American soccer coach, Lynch knows that Pulisic is special. Hisexperience is far different than most young players […]
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. For sports halted at the outbreak’s onset, loans saved staff By Gillian R. Brassil (New York Times) 2. Playing for Jack Charlton was a joy. He gave us moments we will neverforget By Kevin Sheedy (Guardian) 3. Post-Covid college sports will be survival ofthe fittest, richest By Gene Sapakoff (Charleston Post &Courier)
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. The case for MLS’s bulging Adidas logo, a forgettable distraction among real evils By Henry Bushnell (Yahoo Sports) 2. Dartmouth’s Retreat Shows Rising Pandemic Toll on College SportsBy Janet Lorin and Brandon Kochkodin (Bloomberg) 3. American-owned Danishsoccer club wins promotion, still plans to develop young U.S. players By Robert Kidd (Forbes.com)
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College soccer: 2020 season threatened amid growing cutbacks
The move to cut back or eliminate fall sports (or move them to the spring) grew as the week ended. Here is an overview of how it affects men’s and women’s soccer: NCAA Division I. The Pac-12 followed the Big Ten in moving to restrict fall sports to conference play only. All BigTen and Pac-12 […]
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NJCAA proposes to move fall sports to the spring
The National Junior College Athletic Association has recommended moving men’s and women’s soccer and a majority of JC sports played in the fall to the spring of 2021. “We must adjustaccordingly to support and sustain NJCAA programs,” NJCAA president and CEO Dr. Christopher Parker said in a statement. “The association as a whole is collectively […]
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College soccer: Big Ten moves to conference-only model for fall
The Big Ten became the biggest NCAA Division I conference to adjust its sports plan for the fall by moving to a conference-only model in face of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Thedecision affects men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, women’s volleyball and football, a Power 5 conference. […]
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College soccer: Ivy League is first NCAA Division I conference to cancel fall sports
The Ivy League became the first NCAA Division I conference to cancel fall sports when its presidents placed all varsity sports on hold until at least January due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Men’s and women’s soccer are among the sports in which student-athletes will not be allowed to compete in the fall. Practices and training […]