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NCAA scraps March Madness because of coronavirus scare

American sports have ground to a halt in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Major League Baseball suspended spring training and delayed the start of its regular season.The National Hockey League suspended its season. The NBA also indefinitely postponed its season after players tested positive for the virus.

The NCAA was left to weigh carrying out its championships even as sweeping numbers of U.S. colleges and universities cancel in-person classes, limit nonessential travel, discourage large gatherings, and even postpone or cancel competitions in other sports. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the NCAA are at stake, plus uncertain economic implications for cities that expected to host college basketball’s biggest event.

The Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic 10, SEC, Pac-12, American Athletic and Atlantic Coast conferences scrapped their own tournament competitions, in addition to other groups.

Several of those conferences had just announced on Wednesday that they would continue playing without thousands of fans in attendance, mirroring the NCAA’s first momentous decision this week.

That also included the Big East Conference, but even that organization reportedly canceled its competition at Madison Square Garden at halftime of a scheduled contest Thursday afternoon.

Source: politico.com
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