The NCAA announced Friday that another year of athletic eligibility will be given to fall sport student-athletes.
After the cancellation of the Pac-12 and Big Ten fall sports seasons earlier this month, the Division 1 Board of Directors implemented a blanket COVID-19 waiver, which not only gave fall athletes another year of eligibility but protected all players from losing scholarships should they opt out of the season.

The novel coronavirus has taken quite the financial toll on collegiate athletics.
UCLA hasn’t necessarily been hit harder than its competition, but it wasn’t in the best spot to begin with either.

No Bruins will take the field for the remainder of 2020, and two of the most powerful figures in UCLA Athletics said they still don’t have all the answers.

All fall Pac-12 sports have been postponed for the rest of the calendar year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference announced Tuesday.
“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,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott.  “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.”
In the official announcement, the conference also released the medical recommendations that went into its decision.

This post was updated Aug. 10 at 4:27 p.m.
With the college football season on the brink of cancellation, student-athletes are making a last-ditch effort to save it.

This post was updated Aug. 5 at 4:14 p.m. to include information from UCLA Athletics’ statement.
At least eight UCLA football players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director told reporters Wednesday.

College football is happening.
Well, at least for now.
When the Pac-12 announced its full football schedule Friday, the conference grounded a fall season in reality after months of bad news and speculation.