As Ivy League Cancels Fall Sports, SC AD Ray Tanner Maintains The Gamecocks Will Play

South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner maintains that there will be a football season and addressed the number of fans that will be allowed in Williams Brice Stadium during a radio interview Wednesday.

Wednesday evening the Ivy League announced football season was cancelled and no sports would be played within the conference until at least January. 

This comes after Morehouse made the announcement they were shutting down their season in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Before the news hit the Ivy League was shutting down athletics, South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner reportedly appeared on 107.5 The Game and maintained that football season is still a go in the SEC. 

Tanner emphasizes today that college football will not be canceled... it'll be postponed if anything. @abc_columbia

— Mike Gillespie (@MikeAGillespie) July 8, 2020

The Ivy League won't play football this fall. South Carolina AD Ray Tanner said before this announcement that Ivy League's decision won't have direct impact on SEC's decision on fall sports. https://t.co/Tesaa5fvj1

— Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) July 8, 2020

Tanner also reportedly spoke on the number of fans that will be allowed in the stadium, though having no fans is still an option as numbers continue to spike. 

Ray Tanner says on @1075thegame today that "If we social distance at Williams-Brice, 15 thousand (fans) would be the number we'd be at." @abc_columbia

— Mike Gillespie (@MikeAGillespie) July 8, 2020