The Ivy League has canceled fall sports competitions as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The league reportedly won’t entertain starting any sports until after January 1, 2021 – which means basketball won’t start as scheduled, if at all.

“As athletics is expected to operate consistent with campus policies, it will not be possible for Ivy League teams to participate in intercollegiate athletics competition prior to the end of the fall semester,” the conference said in a release. The Ivy League will allow practice and other athletic training for enrolled students, given those activities are structured to meet school and state regulations.

Plenty of eyes were watching to see what the Ivy League planned to do with the football season – it was the first conference to cancel its postseason basketball tournament, setting off a domino effect that ultimately concluded with the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. It was also the first Division I conference to cancel its spring sports calendar. However, whether a similar trend follows is yet to be seen. 

The Ivy League isn’t in the Football Bowl Subdivision and does not rely on the hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales and TV rights at risk that could incentivize major programs and conferences to play.

“We all pay attention to it, just to see what’s out there, but I think their model is a little different than our model when it comes to football,” West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons, who also is the chair of the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee, told ESPN. “Is it definitely going to impact what we do? As a whole, not necessarily.”

The Ivy League said it would decide on the remaining winter and spring sports competition calendar and if fall sports would be feasible in the spring, at a later date.

Stanford cut 11 varsity sports Wednesday, joining a growing list of universities to eliminate athletic programs. The cuts will come at the end of the 2020-21 academic year and include: men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball, and wrestling.

The school said funding 36 athletic teams was “not sustainable.” Before the pandemic, Stanford already projected a $12 million deficit, which ballooned to a best-case $25 million deficit once the coronavirus swept the nation. Stanford will honor all scholarship commitments and coaches’ contracts.

Other College Sports News: 

— Voluntary football workouts at University of North Carolina have been stopped as 37 of 429 student-athletes, coaches and staff tested positive for COVID-19. Ohio State also paused athletic activities following recent testing, but didn’t release results.

— Vanderbilt cut its athletic communications staff. The department will be absorbed into the university with the employees who lose their jobs able to reapply for positions in September.

— NCAA Division III’s Centennial Conference has suspended fall sports, while the Presidents’ Athletic Conference has limited team schedules to conference only.

Amazon has pulled merchandise for the Washington, D.C. NFL team from its website as pressure to drop the Redskins moniker continues to increase. Other retailers including Walmart, Nike, and Target have also said they would stop selling the merchandise. Fanatics, which also operates NFLShop.com, will continue to sell the gear.

The NFL team is likely to change its name in the coming weeks, and reports suggest there will be no Native American imagery in a new logo. Along with a name change could come new minority owners as three shareholders – Dwight Schar, Bob Rothman, and Fred Smith – have hired an investment bank to help find buyers. The trio owns 40% of the franchise, which was valued last year at $3.1 billion.

On Monday, 15 Native American leaders and organizations sent a joint letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking him to force the team to change its name. In the letter, the group called for the NFL to ban all usage of Native imagery, as well as encourage journalists to use the name in print only by using asterisks – R*dsk*ns.

Despite not playing in four years, Peyton Manning still brings in the most dollars from marketing and royalties. Manning earned roughly $3.4 million in the year ending on Feb. 29, according to the NFL Players Association’s annual report to the Department of Labor.

The report highlights how much players earn from group licensing, which are deals with six or more players. The bulk of that money comes from companies like Electronic Arts, Nike, Fanatics, and Panini. 

The fact that Manning can out-earn active players when it comes to jersey sales and the value of his face on trading cards and in video games is partly due to his efforts to maintain his public-facing persona during retirement. That ranges from marketing deals with companies like Nationwide, appearances like ‘The Match,’ and shows like ESPN+’s “Peyton’s Place.” The NFLPA figures don’t include individual endorsements, like Manning’s with Nationwide.

Tom Brady was close behind Manning, bringing in roughly $3 million. It’s likely that Patrick Mahomes – who was third with $2.8 million – will supplant Manning as the top earner. Mahomes, just 24, has an MVP trophy and Super Bowl ring to go along with his new $500 million contract.

1. Peyton Manning – $3,357,808
2. Tom Brady – $2,998,276
3. Patrick Mahomes – $2,784,255
4. Dak Prescott – $2,564,979
5. Saquon Barkley – $2,340,140
6. JuJu Smith-Schuster – $2,193,077
7. Kyler Murray – $1,812,028
8. Aaron Rodgers – $1,453,474
9. Todd Gurley – $1,263,984
10. Baker Mayfield – $1,139,768