And so it begins.....you really think a Spring season happens?

[oldmantutters]

Just posted in the 2020 season thread. Florida A&M opts out of spring football.

https://famuathletics.com/news/2020/...mpetition.aspx

That is 12 teams I believe now.
Make 12 teams now to opt-out:

* Abilene Christian
* Bethune-Cookman
* Campbell
* Central Arkansas
* Eastern Kentucky
* Florida A&M
* Hampton
* Houston Baptist
* North Alabama
* Sacramento State
* Stephen F. Austin
* Towson

What if the number to not have the playoffs.

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[TAILG8R]

What if the number to not have the playoffs.

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50% - there are 127 FCS teams but I don't remember if the 50% includes schools/conferences that don't participate in the FCS playoffs.

[Hammersmith]

50% - there are 127 FCS teams but I don't remember if the 50% includes schools/conferences that don't participate in the FCS playoffs.

At the time, the NCAA said all FCS schools counted, including the Ivies and HBCUs. This was confirmed by a journalist asking the NCAA directly.

[Hammerhead]

Does that 50% number include teams that may not play the minimum of 4 games to be eligible for at-large bids?

[El_Chapo]

no FAMU band ?? dang

[Hammersmith]

Does that 50% number include teams that may not play the minimum of 4 games to be eligible for at-large bids?

Good question. My guess would be yes, but I doubt they've considered their answer yet. If I were them, I'd wait until Jan or early Feb before trying to get all the details sorted. Things are going to stay fluid for awhile, so why waste time and effort going through the details when you'd probably have to rewrite them a couple times or more as the situation changes. I guess I'm saying that worrying about teams that play more than one but less than four games in the spring is like worrying about the details of the conference championship tiebreaking procedures when you're one game into the season. Let's wait to worry until we have at least a little idea of the numbers on either side. It's probably going to be so far to one side or the other that it won't matter.

[TAILG8R]

There is no need to fret the single schools that choose not to participate. It would take a lot of ones and twos to get to 50% but when entire conferences start announcing you can get the hammer and nail ready.

[PattyBison]

That article is from July. They cancelled winter sports yesterday and announced they will not play fall sports in the spring.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ay-sources-say

[THEsocalledfan]

That article is from July.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ay-sources-say

crap, sorry about that.

Not mention specifically, but it must be toast:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/us/iv...led/index.html

[Professor Chaos]

Good info from Craig Haley on the number of FCS schools playing in the spring having an impact on the playoffs: https://twitter.com/CraigHaley/statu...67986254147590

An NCAA representative told me the 50 percent threshold was used only as a measure to determine if the FCS playoffs would be moved from fall to spring. The baseline is not currently implemented for the spring.

The representative added the Division I Council and Competition Oversight Committee would determine if it makes sense to conduct a spring playoff should FCS participation drop to a certain point.

Still a long way from troubling numbers for a spring playoff, but, hopefully, it will be deemed safe health-wise.