{"id":999,"date":"2020-03-11T18:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=999"},"modified":"2020-11-03T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:00:53","slug":"ncaa-president-mark-emmert-issues-statement-on-limiting-attendance-at-ncaa-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=999","title":{"rendered":"NCAA President Mark Emmert issues statement on limiting attendance at NCAA events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, the NCAA issued this statement from its president, Mark Emmert, regarding the suspension of tickets to NCAA Tournament games for the 2020 competitions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NCAA continues to assess the impact of COVID-19 in consultation with public health officials and our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/node\/28911\">COVID-19 advisory panel<\/a>,&#8221; Emmert said. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/statement-ncaa-covid-19-advisory-panel-ncaa-events\">Based on their advice<\/a> and my discussions with the NCAA Board of Governors, I have made the decision to conduct our upcoming championship events, including the Division I men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball tournaments, with only essential staff and limited family attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I understand how disappointing this is for all fans of our sports, my decision is based on the current understanding of how COVID-19 is progressing in the United States. This decision is in the best interest of public health, including that of coaches, administrators, fans and, most importantly, our student-athletes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recognize the opportunity to compete in an NCAA national championship is an experience of a lifetime for the students and their families. Today, we will move forward and conduct championships consistent with the current information and will continue to monitor and make adjustments as needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday afternoon, the NCAA issued this statement from its president, Mark Emmert, regarding the suspension of tickets to NCAA Tournament games for the 2020 competitions.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,18,6,39,23,12],"tags":[289,256],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-division-i","category-division-ii","category-division-iii","category-mens-basketball","category-news","category-top-news","category-womens-basketball","tag-mark-emmert","tag-ncaa-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}