Pac-12 Conference postpones its 2020 football season

The Pacific-12 Conference has postponed all sports through the end of 2020 — including football — due to concerns over COVID-19.

“The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement Tuesday. “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.”

The conference made its decision shortly after the Big Ten decided to postpone its season as well. Both conferences are now pushing to play fall sports in the spring.

In the last few months, COVID-19 has caused multiple college programs to either opt out of playing this season or cancel their programs altogether.