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Executive director Bill Hancock doesn’t provide much clarity on College Football Playoff’s protocols for games
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COVID-19 has already wrecked the college football schedule and the people behind the College Football Playoff are trying to make sure that the crowing of a national champion doesn’t get impacted negatively.
Speaking on a media conference call on Tuesday, College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock outlined what the committee is doing to ensure that games won’t be cancelled or delayed due to the pandemic. It is a major problem, such as Michigan needing to cancel this Saturday’s game at Ohio State due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Wolverines program.
“There will be protocols, safety protocols for the games,” Hancock said on the call. “Our games will be conducted very similarly to what the conferences have been doing during the season. It’s of interest to me that there haven’t been any documented cases of any transmission of the virus during athletic competition.
“So for our games, we’ll certainly keep track and keep doing what the conferences were doing during the season. We’ll be ready for whatever comes down. I don’t want to get into hypotheticals, but we will be prepared for whatever we have to deal with as far as the games themselves go.”
The cancellation of Ohio State’s game is an example of the disarray caused by the coronavirus. Sitting at 5-0 and No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll, Ohio State needs six games played to qualify for the Big Ten Championship Game.
The Big Ten is meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the situation.
An outbreak of COVID-19 among one of the four playoff teams would be devastating for the entire bracket and would throw all logistics as well the television calendar into complete chaos.