re: AD's weigh in: Coronavirus vs College Football (SI)

Logistically-speaking, I always thought it'd be harder to play college FB than the NFL in the current environment.

Not sure how you can sell having a full season that starts in October, as that'd obliterate the (always BS) reasoning the NCAA has given to argue against the playoffs (or nowadays an extended playoff schedule). All of a sudden it's okay to play across semester breaks and such, the BS regarding degrading the student-athlete experience (which never seems to be an issue w/ the subdivisions, mind you). Having over 100 schools spread across the country (nearly all with on-campus stadiums) play is much harder than figuring out how 32 NFL teams with stand-alone stadiums can play.

Not having a full schedule, however, really hurts the smaller Div 1 programs who rely on those big non-conf paydays from the big programs. If they go conference only, I can see the NCAA coming up with some sort of financial relief program for smaller schools (think PPP).

It's a huge challenge, no question about it. I'm okay w/ LSU being reigning champ for two years in a row, personally.