Locksley's 'heart breaks' for players after Big Ten fall football season canceled

It was unprecedented action by the Big Ten on Tuesday during these unprecedented times.

The conference canceled the fall football season.

PRACTICES STARTED FOR THEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDFOOTBALL TEAM.

THEY WOULDNLAST LONG.

THE TERPSSEASON IS DONE.

NOW... HEADCOACH MIKE LOCKSLEY IS SHARINGHIS THOUGHTS ON THECANCELLATION.

WMAR-2 NEWSSHAWN STEPNER HAS MORE.Unprecedented action by theBig Ten Conference duringthese unprecedented times.

Thefall football season,canceled.

Mike Locksley, TerpsHead Football Coach: My heartbreaks for our players.Through no fault of their ownfootball has been taken awayfrom them.

The Big Tenpostponing all fall sports,including football, lateTuesday afternoon with hopesto play in the spring.Locksley: To tell them thattheretough pill to swallow and hardfor all of us.

The Terps gotonly two practices in beforethe fall was called due tocoronavirus concerns.Devastating for the majorityof Terrapins players whofollowed strict protocolssince returning to campus.Locksley: Wepositives since July 8 andthatwanted to do the thingsnecessary to give themselves achance to play.

Locksley saysheformulating a plan for thefall.

Players who want to stayon campus to work out can doso, continuing to follow thoseCOVID protocols.

As for thatpossibility of playing aseason in the spring, thushaving two seasons in onecalendar year, Locksley thinksits doable.

He says hetalking to athletic directorsand head coaches from aroundthe Big Ten about the issue.Locksley: From the informationIthese meetings there is nodoubt that you could play awinter/spring season.

It'sdefinitely feasible to do itwhile also keeping playersafety and health in theforefront of it.

I anticipateus being able to pull it off.Locksley says he alsoanticipates questions aboutplayer eligibility to beanswered by the Big Ten andNCAA within the next coupledays.

In College Park, ShawnStepner, WMAR-2 News.MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED ANDARE STILL SUFFERING BECAU