Post by The Cats on May 11, 2020 11:26:13 GMT -5
......the Big South Conference Executive Committee took several actions for the 2020-21 season, the highlights of which include:
-Delaying for one year the neutral site format for the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championships. The Conference will return to on-campus sites for both men's and women's basketball in March 2021, then move to Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., in 2022.
-Seven sports -- women's soccer, men's soccer, volleyball, men's tennis, women's tennis, softball and baseball -- will limit its championship fields to just the top four teams in 2020-21.
-The soccer, volleyball, lacrosse and softball championships will be held on-campus. Baseball will remain at SEGRA Stadium in Fayetteville, N.C., and the tennis championships will be at a previously-approved central location.
Women's and men's golf championships shall each be shortened by one day in 2021.
-Outdoor track & field will remain a three-day event, but will be moved from early-May to mid-April when classes are still in session.
The cross country championships shall be moved to a central location and will be moved to a Friday afternoon.
-Established minimum standards for basketball scheduling, staffing and operations budgets shall be suspended for one year.
-Football and basketball media days, as well as most planned Conference meetings, shall be held virtually.
"The actions taken by the Big South Executive Committee are unprecedented, but we are in unprecedented times," said Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander. "While we couldn't avoid some impact, I am proud of the collaborative process our member institutions undertook to be strategic in protecting the Big South student-athlete experience long-term.
-Delaying for one year the neutral site format for the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championships. The Conference will return to on-campus sites for both men's and women's basketball in March 2021, then move to Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., in 2022.
-Seven sports -- women's soccer, men's soccer, volleyball, men's tennis, women's tennis, softball and baseball -- will limit its championship fields to just the top four teams in 2020-21.
-The soccer, volleyball, lacrosse and softball championships will be held on-campus. Baseball will remain at SEGRA Stadium in Fayetteville, N.C., and the tennis championships will be at a previously-approved central location.
Women's and men's golf championships shall each be shortened by one day in 2021.
-Outdoor track & field will remain a three-day event, but will be moved from early-May to mid-April when classes are still in session.
The cross country championships shall be moved to a central location and will be moved to a Friday afternoon.
-Established minimum standards for basketball scheduling, staffing and operations budgets shall be suspended for one year.
-Football and basketball media days, as well as most planned Conference meetings, shall be held virtually.
"The actions taken by the Big South Executive Committee are unprecedented, but we are in unprecedented times," said Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander. "While we couldn't avoid some impact, I am proud of the collaborative process our member institutions undertook to be strategic in protecting the Big South student-athlete experience long-term.
