Given the uncertainties surrounding scheduling - two Power Five leagues have canceled non-conference games while a third will allow one non-conference game - schools are assessing a wide range of options, including contingency plans that account for zero fans in attendance. While adapting to changing health guidelines and waiting for confirmation the season will go ahead as scheduled, schools are using science, math and analytics to map out how to safely ticket and seat fans at games while limiting attendance to a fraction of normal capacity. I’m piecing it together piece by piece.”ĬOVID-19 CONCERNS: College football tailgates, frat parties are 'major risk factors'ĭIRECTION NEEDED: College football has no real plan to play in COVID-19 era "This seating process is like a giant puzzle," said Shaela Priaulx, assistant athletic director for ticket services at Boise State, "and I don’t have a picture of what this puzzle looks like. Now, with the potential season looming and a clearer picture begin to emerge on how many ticket holders are opting in for 2020, athletics departments are modeling several different scenarios for how to approach ticketing and seating during a season unlike any other - and just how, exactly, to put together a plan that meets the potential demand for tickets while matching guidelines outlined by conferences, local health officials and national health organizations.
There has always been a fourth choice: to retain those tickets for the 2020 season and attend games under a baseline of new policies, including limitations on bags, mandates on wearing masks and bans on leaving and reentering the stadium.
Under the third option, ticket holders could simply request a refund. The second was to apply that payment toward season tickets for the 2021 season. The first was to convert payments made for 2020 season tickets into a tax-deductible gift.
Watch Video: What a fall without football would do to the American sports psycheīeginning in May, when it became apparent the coronavirus pandemic would linger beyond the spring and summer, athletics departments in the Bowl Subdivision began reaching out to season-ticket holders to provide three options in the face of escalating uncertainty.
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