Clemson Football: 3 keys to playing a CFB season this fall

1. Uniformed planning and decision-making

Moving to a conference-only format allows Power 5 leagues to make decisions in real time and to be more flexible and that may very well be a nice first step, but that still doesn’t answer all of the burning questions.

• What will happen if an athlete tests positive?
• What will happen if a coach tests positive?
• If a team has too many positives?
• What will the testing policy be and how will schools be held accountable?
• How about the logistics of having student-athletes on campus if colleges don’t reopen for in-person classes?

All of these issues have to be addressed in one way or another and the more uniformed policies, the better. The NCAA is expected to release a document detailing some of these procedures later this month, according to a report from Sports Illustrated, and that will be a massive first step.

Conferences have to be prepared for the worst and have to have plans in place for a variety of different scenarios as they flexibly and hopefully try to plan a season that is bound to have many twists, turns and curves along the way.

If you want to see Clemson football return this fall, those are the three things to watch most avidly: We want to see numbers decrease across the country; We want to see other sports have success in returning and playing; and we want to see College Football officials come up with real plans and address these burning questions that are currently on the docket.