宾州大学公园. – Penn State Commonwealth Campuses Beaver, 白兰地酒, 杜波依斯, 菲也特, 黑泽尔顿, 更大的阿勒格尼, 利哈伊谷, 蒙特中音, 新肯辛顿, 斯克兰顿, 斯古吉尔河, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York will forego traditional athletic opportunities in men’s and women’s basketball, 男子和女子足球, 和排球 during the 2020-21 academic year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The PSUAC executive committee voted unanimously to cancel all intercollegiate athletics competition for fall and winter team sports during the 2020-21 academic year. The sports affected by this decision include men’s and women’s basketball, 男子和女子足球, 和排球.
会议办公室 has continuously monitored University, 联邦, state and national governing body guidelines, as well as national trends in intercollegiate athletics throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of student-athletes, coaches and campus communities has continued to be the most important aspect of the PSUAC’s attempts to resocialize intercollegiate sports at the Commonwealth Campuses. Given the unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic, the PSUAC had previously postponed fall and winter sports competition to the spring semester. This most recent decision cancels regular season and conference championship competition for those fall and winter sports.
“The past few months have created many challenging decisions for our Executive Committee and Council of Athletic Directors,” said Director of Commonwealth Campus 体育运动 Maureen Cooper. “We have looked at multiple options to preserve intercollegiate athletics competition, but the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches and staff has always been the most important aspect in our discussion and was the determining factor in this decision.”
The University-established Commonwealth Campus Athletic Safety Subcommittee continues to monitor the University and national landscapes and offer guidance to the campuses so that they may offer meaningful athletic engagement opportunities to fall and winter sports student-athletes. 会议办公室 will immediately begin working with athletic directors to provide opportunities for fall and winter sports student-athletes to participate in athletic-related activities throughout the spring, including strength and conditioning, 小组活动, team practices and scrimmages.
“我们的财政大臣, athletic directors and the Conference Office have never stopped seeking ways to participate in athletics during the 2020-21 season,” said PSUAC Commissioner Ryan Ehrie. “This decision has not been made lightly, and we empathize with all of our student-athletes and coaches who will miss out on intercollegiate participation in sports they love. 然而, we look forward to preserving some level of experience for our fall and winter student-athletes through their campus athletic departments.”
会议办公室, in conjunction with the PSUAC Executive Committee and Council of Athletic Directors, will reconvene in late January to determine intercollegiate opportunities for baseball, 越野, 高尔夫和垒球.
今年8月, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Board voted to not count seasons of competition for 2020-21 for student-athletes due to the COVID-19 disruptions. The Penn State community is committed to continuing to advocate on behalf of all its student-athletes that participate throughout the commonwealth.
