Pac-12 Set For Shortened Season After Reversing Course

The Pac-12 presidents yesterday "executed a U-turn from their unanimous Aug. 11 decision to postpone fall sports until at least Jan. 1, 2021," this time also "based on updated recommendations from the conference’s medical advisory committee." The Pac-12 CEO group "voted to play an abbreviated seven-game conference-only" football schedule, which will be "released in the coming days." The men’s and women’s basketball seasons "will start on Nov. 25." Other winter sports "will be allowed to start on time, but no fans will be permitted at any sporting competition taking place on Pac-12 campuses" until at least January (Eugene REGISTER GUARD, 9/25).