When the Mountain West Conference (MW) decided to postpone all fall sports on Aug. 10, it left tons of questions among fans and students wondering how this would affect each fall sport.
However, the one thing that remains clear is there will be an ongoing uncertainty regarding when each of these sports will resume.
In an article posted on Aug. 10 by San Jose State Athletics, Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson discussed how the constantly changing public health orders has left the Mountain West and other conferences having to adjust numerous times for a season that is still up in the air.
“Since the start of the pandemic, our membership and staff have been working diligently to prepare for a fall sports season,” Thompson wrote. “We were hopeful we could carefully and responsibly conduct competition as originally scheduled with essential protocols in place. However, numerous external factors and unknowns outside our control made this difficult decision necessary.”
Similar to Mountain West, the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) postponed the women’s soccer and men’s soccer seasons until Sept. 10.
In a news release from the WAC’s decision on the postponement, posted on July 15, they ensured that the board will continue to monitor changing COVID-19 conditions and will conduct additional reviews as they become necessary.
With the many changes for both conferences, the Spartan Daily broke down each fall sport and what the plan is for them. Below is a list that was provided by Lawrence Fan, associate athletics director for football communications and special projects. However, it must be noted these plans could change at any moment due to the uncertainty of the future of sports and COVID-19.
