After the league didn’t reach a decision Thursday, it voted Saturday not to play this fall, sources said.īesides the health and safety concerns, the MAC was one of the leagues most impacted financially by the Power Five’s decision to eliminate or reduce non-conference games. The Huskies have made a league-record eight MAC title game appearances and won four of the last nine MAC titles. “The league didn’t like the look of NIU going out on their own and not playing,” said a source, explaining the MAC’s non-vote on Thursday. However, Northern Illinois president Lisa Freeman, a former research scientist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, indicated her school would not play this fall because of the health and safety concerns, sources said. The conference presidents initially met Thursday to finalize the league’s scheduling format. The MAC reached its decision Saturday morning in a vote by the league’s presidents, sources said. The MAC intends to try to play in the spring, sources said. On Wednesday, UConn, an independent, became the first FBS school to announce it would not play this year. The 12-member MAC is the first Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference opting not to play this fall. The Mid-American Conference has canceled its football season this fall because of player health and safety concerns regarding COVID-19, sources told Stadium.
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