Here’s How College Football Should Play in the Spring

As I write this, the SEC athletic directors are meeting to discuss the future of college football this fall. Whatever they discuss will be rendered meaningless by the end of the month.

We need to rip off the band-aid. It will not be safe for college football to be played this fall. The current direction of only playing conference games would make sense in a world where coronavirus is under control yet still lingering in a depleted state.

Instead, we live in a country where coronavirus is out of control in multiple states, particularly across the South. This is not something that will be cleared up September, or October, or even the rest of the year.

I work in PR and one of my clients told its employees they will be working from home through the rest of 2020. If it’s not safe for employees to be in the offices of a billion-dollar public company, how is it safe for unpaid college kids to play sports and travel? It’s not.

So instead of trying to salvage a season that is almost certain to be interrupted or outright canceled when the expected second wave hits in the fall with flu season, it’s time to start thinking for the long-term.

As in March with college basketball, the Ivy League has provided the blueprint. It’s spring football and it’s time to start…