U.S. Senator calls on college conferences to follow Ivy League in not having football this fall - USA TODAY

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,called the Ivy League’s decision to not play football this fall “absolutely right on moral and health grounds.”.

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In the wake of the Ivy League announcing Wednesday that fall sports will not be held during the upcoming semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen.

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called on other college sports conferences to do the same.

“There's absolutely nothing different between the Ivy League and any division except for the money, to be very blunt,” Blumenthal told USA TODAY Sports.

Meanwhile, Chris Hinton, the leader of a newly formed parents group called College Football Parents 24/7, said Wednesday his organization has sent a letter to members of the NCAA’s top policy making group and athletics directors with a list of 22 questions it says its members are regularly asking regarding the conduct of sports amid the pandemic.

On Wednesday, Blumenthal called those waivers “an implicit recognition of the dangers (of) having those students come back.”.

He added that the Ivy League and other conferences are “all are dealing with the same health threats and the same age population and the same vulnerabilities when students play football and other sports that either involve contact or close proximity.”

Blumenthal also said he agreed with Senate Commerce Committee colleague Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., who during a hearing last week said the NCAA and its Division I schools should develop a single national strategy regarding testing and other approaches for dealing with a return to sports amid the pandemic