The NCAA Board of Governors announced that athletes who opt out of the 2020 season will retain full scholarships.
in order to carryout preseason, regular season and postseason schedules, and they can't ask student-athletes to sign COVID-19 waivers.
"Our decisions place emphasis where it belongs -- on the health and safety of college athletes," NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement."Student-athletes should never feel pressured into playing their sport if they do not believe it is safe to do so.
"With all the medical advice that we had gotten from our, our people from the state," he continued,"we just felt that there was too much risk, and the reward wasn't there." Among the other proclamations from the NCAA, there will be a new hotline for"athletes, parents or others" to report COVID-19 violations.An athlete stands near an NCAA logo during a softball game in Beaumont, Texas, April 19, 2019.This gives players a way to make the NCAA aware of unacceptable behavior by coaches who may be inclined to bully and/or to retaliate against those who would dare to complain.
Due to the continued threat of coronavirus infection, the NCAA said it could still cancel fall championships, which could pressure conferences and schools to forgo a college football season. The decision for Division I must be made no later than Aug. 21.
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