College football season on brink as Big Ten says it won’t play this fall

Concerns over Covid-19 forces conference into decision
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The Big Ten won’t play football this fall because of concerns about Covid-19, becoming the first of college sports’ so-called power conferences to yield to the pandemic.

The move announced on Tuesday comes six days after the conference that includes some of the most popular teams in college sports, such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State, had released a revised conference-only schedule that it hoped would help navigate a fall season with potential Covid-19 disruptions.