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'Nobody will want to be the last': How the MAC shutdown will impact fall football

Everyone was waiting to see which FBS conference would be the first to postpone fall football. Now that the MAC has made that decision, more conferences could be going the same way -- and quickly.

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After night of college football normalcy, MAC decision brings us back to reality

Ryan McGee, for one, believes that hope for normalcy, on and off the field, won't ever go away.

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Potential 1st-round pick Rashod Bateman on decision to opt out of CFB season

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College players opting out of the 2020 fall football season

With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing and the numbers continuing to rise in the United States, some college players have decided to opt out of the 2020 fall football season. This list is a collection of those athletes.

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College football stars opting for NFL draft: Bateman, Parsons and more

As college football teams prepare for the 2020 season amidst the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a few top NFL prospects are opting out of playing -- and opting for the NFL draft.

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Will college players skipping the season for the draft become a trend?

Potential first-round picks are choosing to sit out and train. Will we see more of it in the future?.

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Why the Pac-12 protest is showing the blueprint for future college football progress

By being united and specific in their demands and by threatening to withhold their most valuable commodity -- their labor -- the Pac-12 players behind the #WeAreUnited movement have gotten the sport's attention.

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Most important takeaways from the Pac-12 football players' letter

The players' letter addressing safety and social issues underscores how student-athletes are finding their voice.

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  • College players opting out of the 2020 fall football season

    With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing and the numbers continuing to rise in the United States, some college players have decided to opt out of the 2020 fall football season. This list is a collection of those athletes.

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  • How college football's scheduling decisions came together

    As the Power 5 conferences scramble to find a way to make the 2020 college football season work, the scheduling decisions were at times chaotic and contentious. But now comes the hard part: making the schedule a reality.

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