The University of South Carolina Athletics Department will issue refunds for tickets purchased for those sporting events which were postponed or outright cancelled Thursday.
The Southeastern Conference announced the suspension of regular season competition for teams in all sports on SEC campuses, as well as SEC championship events, until March 30. The SEC also announced today, the cancelation of the remainder of its men's basketball tournament.
The NCAA announced earlier today that it has canceled the Division I men's and women's 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships.
The South Carolina Athletics Department will issue refunds for tickets purchased for canceled events. The timing of these refunds may be impacted by campus departmental closures.
"The safety and well-being of our student-athletes, fans, coaches and staff is the most important responsibility we have in our athletics department," said Ray Tanner, South Carolina Director of Athletics. "The decision to suspend athletics competition through March 30 was a difficult decision for everyone in the league."
The SEC schools has also made a league-wide decision to prohibit on-campus and off-campus recruiting through March 30.
Gamecock athletics squads will determine its own practice schedules during the suspended competition period, while following normal NCAA practice rules. Gamecock Football Pro Day, originally scheduled for March 19, has been canceled.
"This is a public health situation that many of us have never experienced before," added Tanner. "Decisions have been and are being made with as much information as possible as expeditiously as necessary."
Depending on the situation with the COVID-19 epidemic at the March 30 date, the SEC and its institutions may extend the suspension period.
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