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HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 14, 2020) The Southland Conference, in a prepared press release, have announced that all spring sports seasons, have been cancelled. Commissioner Tom Burnett stated in a distributed press release, the following:
“It is with great sadness that we’ve come to this conclusion regarding the remainder of the Southland Conference’s spring sports season. To adversely impact the student-athlete experience by removing competitive opportunities is not what we’re about, and is not who we are. This is not what we would have ever wanted or ever imagined. However, in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference membership is taking precautionary steps to best protect the health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, fans and others in our campus communities. We are also going to be very active in ensuring our spring sports student-athletes are given applicable relief by the NCAA for the use of an additional season of competition in 2020-21, and we look forward to initiating that process as soon as possible. We believe these measures taken by the Southland membership provide our student-athletes with the continued academic support and other team structures that have traditionally been beneficial for our athletic programs.”
On Friday (March 13) the NCAA Division I Council Committee has previously stated that it is recommending that all spring-sports athletes affected be granted an additional year of eligibility. Details are forthcoming.
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