The Ivy League announced it will be canceling all spring 2021 sports over COVID-19 concerns.
The league, which consists of Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and Cornell University, made the announcement in a Thursday news release. It has become the only National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I conference to scrap spring sports completely.
“As campus and community leaders, we believe that our public health responsibilities and educational principles preclude us from sponsoring Ivy League athletics competition this spring,” the Council of Presidents said in a joint statement. “The public health measures now in effect at all Ivy League universities have been carefully designed to support our teaching and research missions while keeping our students, faculty, staff and neighboring communities safe.”
IVY LEAGUE CANCELS FALL SEMESTER SPORTS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
“While we would like nothing better than to deliver a complete season of competition, these are the necessary decisions for the Ivy League in the face of the health concerns posed by the ongoing and dangerous pandemic,” the presidents said. “We will continue to monitor the situation as we move forward so that our universities can determine whether Ivy League principles and evolving health conditions might allow for limited, local competition later this spring.”
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The Ivy League was the first Division I conference to announce it was canceling fall sports in 2020.
