It made little sense for the MVFC to try to force a season without playoff incentives. The NCAA recently mandated that having the 24-team tournament would require 50% of eligible teams participating in a regular season. Mirroring decisions from the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League arrived Friday, which all but ended any chance of FCS playoffs in 2020. Six of the 13 FCS conferences had already axed their 2020 seasons when the week began.
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"In its unwavering commitment to providing meaningful and safe competitive opportunities for the conference’s student-athletes, the MVFC will play a full 8-game spring league schedule with the expectation to culminate the season with the FCS playoffs."Īlthough the Valley was one of the last Football Championship Subdivision conferences to alter its schedule, the move was inevitable given what's unfolded in recent days. "The Missouri Valley Football Conference Presidents Council has announced the league's schools will not conduct conference competition this fall," the league said in a release. The Valley, of which Northern Iowa has been a part of since 1985, will allow its members to seek non-conference games in the fall at "institutional discretion." The Panthers, though, will not play any and turn their focus to the spring.
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The MVFC officially announced Friday that its 2020 league slate has been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic and is tentatively moved to spring 2021. "I can assure you that Tom Douple and I, and also to a degree (commissioner) Doug Fullerton in the Big Sky Conference, have had some very open and frank discussions about what's best for FCS football.Watch Video: Is football even possible during a pandemic? Is it worth it?ĭespite holding out hope that circumstances would change, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has pulled the plug on its fall football slate. "So I don't think anybody is talking about what this landscape is going to look like tomorrow or even next season or even a couple seasons from now, but more to look at more what the landscape can and might look like really long-term," Viverito said. Viverito said when NDSU and SDSU joined the MVFC, they committed to the league through 2015 at a least with a "severe" financial penalty if either school were to leave. Taylor said he wants to see how the study comes back, but added the Bison are committed to the MVFC. "I think as commissioners you want to talk about things collectively." "I think if you are looking five to 10 years out, there is no telling what the landscape is going to look like," NDSU Athletic Director Gene Taylor said. In June, The Summit decided to explore the feasibility of adding football to its conference. North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Western Illinois play football in the MVFC - which regarded as one of the strongest leagues in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision - but are involved in The Summit League in most other sports, including men's and women's basketball.
At the end of the day, we may keep it as it is. It's long term so we have time to really put some things in place to look at it. "So part of our study will be garnering information and insight from Patty.
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