From that article:
This is why we're shutting down college football. 12 athletes in the US have been found to have COVID-related heart impacts. Yes, there are likely at least some additional cases that haven't been identified, but the number can't be large. It's extreme risk aversion. I get it - I'm not the guy who will have to take a phone call if someone does get a serious health condition as a side effect of COVID-19. It's easier for me to say we need to be strong willed and accept that a very small percentage of athletes will have serious issues. It's easy for me to say that as long as the athletes do better than the general population regarding COVID, then it's OK. But, I also think that the reason we pay these commissioners and university presidents the money we do is because they have to make hard calls.
Right - that's the decision they have to make. It seems that many CFB commissioners have said it's not worth it to try to work through the issues. My personal call would have been to try it and see - learn how to do it. Because I also personally believe this is not going away. It's here now and will be here in the spring, next fall, and even beyond that. We may have a vaccine by spring, but we may not. Even then, having a vaccine does not mean that the risk has returned to pre-outbreak levels. We should plan based on the assumption that COVID-19 is the new reality and we have to adjust our expectations based on that. Part of that is learning how to safely and effectively conduct business (including sports leagues) in an environment where infectious disease is a possibility.