The NFL announced new forfeit rules if any teams should cancel a game because of COVID related causes.
This is apparently due to the fact that a number of NFL teams have players/staff who are unvaccinated.
If a team has to cancel, that team will be treated as a forfeit and will count for the record against the team that cancelled unless the game can be made up during an available scheduled bye-week for that team (i.e. no post-season make-ups). I am not certain if this rule would apply if the team that cancelled had all of its players vaccinated.
I wonder if the NCAA is considering such a rule. There are a number of well regarded NCAA football teams located in states with low vaccination rates. With the projected COVID spike this Fall expected to hit the unvaccinated hard, we should expect the possibility that some games might be postponed/cancelled and that some of those games might have an impact on the standings and bowl eligibility.
Or maybe the NCAA will bury its head in the sand and just hope for the best.
This issue is Cal football related because i am hoping that Cal will wind up in the top-25 rated teams. A forfeit by any of the other top-25 teams could have a direct impact on Cal's final standing.
This is apparently due to the fact that a number of NFL teams have players/staff who are unvaccinated.
If a team has to cancel, that team will be treated as a forfeit and will count for the record against the team that cancelled unless the game can be made up during an available scheduled bye-week for that team (i.e. no post-season make-ups). I am not certain if this rule would apply if the team that cancelled had all of its players vaccinated.
I wonder if the NCAA is considering such a rule. There are a number of well regarded NCAA football teams located in states with low vaccination rates. With the projected COVID spike this Fall expected to hit the unvaccinated hard, we should expect the possibility that some games might be postponed/cancelled and that some of those games might have an impact on the standings and bowl eligibility.
Or maybe the NCAA will bury its head in the sand and just hope for the best.
This issue is Cal football related because i am hoping that Cal will wind up in the top-25 rated teams. A forfeit by any of the other top-25 teams could have a direct impact on Cal's final standing.
