SIAC TO SUSPEND FALL ATHLETICS
In the App, click title above to view full article. July 2, 2020 by A.D. Drew, Black College Sports Network Per multiple sources, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) will not sponsor football in Fall 2020. This decision comes on the heels of Morehouse College suspending athletics last week, reports this week of the Ivy League strongly considering playing Spring football in a self-contained league (source: ESPN ), and various Historically Black College or University (HBCU) Classics and high profiled non-conference HBCU games that have been cancelled. The SIAC would become the second conference to cancel Fall sports, following the lead of the California College Collegiate Association ( read more here ) that made the decision this past June. Of course, all of these decisions are being made in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Per Yahoo Sports , factors such as cost surrounding COVID-19 compliance and testing, along with student-athlete safety have factored i