Editorial

Minnesota Gophers ‘Anticipate Few Spectators Or No Spectators’ At Home Football Games

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David Hookstead Sports And Entertainment Editor
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The Minnesota Gophers don’t expect TCF Bank Stadium to be full during the upcoming football season.

According to the program’s website, the Gophers “anticipate few spectators or no spectators” at their stadium during the coronavirus. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

Minnesota is just the latest program to limit or eliminate fans at football games during the ongoing pandemic.

 

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Add it to the list, folks! It just never ends. With every passing day, we get more and more bad news when it comes to coronavirus and sports.

As I said earlier this morning, we need to start mentally preparing for empty football stadiums in the fall.

 

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So far, there have been several major programs, such as Wisconsin and Michigan, which have already made it clear that fans won’t be at games as usual.

That’s just the reality of the situation during the coronavirus pandemic. We can kick, scream and throw tantrums or we can accept it.

 

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If you’re still holding your breath waiting for full football stadiums (looking at you, Nebraska), then you’re either delusional or an idiot.

 

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Fans aren’t going to football games in 2020, and that’s just the way it is. Accept it or don’t, but it’s happening. I have no doubt at all more major programs will follow Minnesota, Wisconsin and all the other ones that have already made this call.