Michigan Football: 3 Biggest issues with a spring season

The Big Ten said it would look to play a spring season but here’s why it’s not likely for Michigan football or anyone else to play a spring season.

The Big Ten decided to pull the plug on its 2020 football season, announcing Tuesday it would attempt to play in the spring. However, Michigan football fans should get prepared, because what this really means is that there probably won’t be a season until the fall of 2021.

The idea of playing in the spring is nice and it’s better or at least more optimistic than saying college football is done until August 2021, but there are all sorts of flaws and issues with it.

The Big Ten hasn’t given any sort of indication of how a spring football season would work.

Would Michigan football and other programs be allowed to actually compete for the Big Ten championship?

Would it be another 10-game schedule? Division games only? How would scholarships work and would a spring season allow freshmen who enroll early in January, to be eligible to play right away?

If so, five-star quarterback recruit J.J. McCarthy could look to make the Wolverines’ QB battle a true three-way competition between Joe Milton, Dylan McCaffrey and McCarthy.

It’s sort of insane to think about, but right now, there doesn’t seem to be any rule against it, unless the NCAA makes one and as of right now, EJ Holland of Rivals reported Tuesday ($) that recruits were excited about the prospect of being able to possibly compete for playing time in the spring.

Who knows if that will actually be the case. But in terms of having a spring season, here are the three biggest issues with it.