Mountain West discussing fall football return

It was supposed to be a new start for UNLV football this year with a new home and head coach.

Instead, the pandemic has changed just about everything.

FORWARD.....WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL.THANKS FOR JOINING US LIVE ONT-V...ANDROID T-V...OR...WHEREVER....YOU'RE STREAMING US.I'M TRICIA KEAN...AND I'M TODD QUINONES.IT LEAVES THE 'MOUNTAIN WEST'AS ONE OF THE FEW CONFERENCESNOT PLAYING.BUT THEY MAY RECONSIDER.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN SPOKE WITH A LOCAL SPORTSRADIO HOST ..ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD SEE'REBELS' FOOTBALL SOON.NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE SEEINGRAIDERS FOOTBALL HERE IN LASVEGAS, HOWEVER UNLVFOOTBALL REMAINS UP IN THE AIR.THE SPORTS ANALYST I SPOKE WITHSAYS HE'S OPTIMISTIC WE MIGHTSEE SOME REBELS FOOTBALL.IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEWHAPPENING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.IT'S LED TO THE MOUNTAIN WESTCONFERENCE TO SUSPEND FOOTBALL-WITH CONFERENCES LIKE THE S-E-CAND BIG 12PLAYINGFOOTBALL...IT'S LED TO SOME PLAYERS ANDCOACHES SAYING THEY WANT TOPLAY.SYNDICATED SPORTS RADIO HOST TCMARTIN SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THESENTIMENTS."THERE'S A LIMITED TIME FORTHESE ATHLETES TO CAPITALIZE ONTHEIR COLLEGE CAREERS AND MANYOF THEM HAVE ATHLETES TOCAPITALIZE ON THEIR COLLEGECAREERS AND MANY OF THEM HAVEPROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLASPIRATIONS AS WELL." REBELSHEAD COACH MARCUS ARROYOTWEETING HASHTAG-WE WANT TOPLAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THEMOUNTAIN WEST WAS EXPLORINGHAVING A FALL SEASON.MOUNTAIN WEST COMMISSIONERCRAIG THOMPSON RELEASED ASTATEMENT SAYING IN PART-"MULTIPLE SUBGROUPS WITHIN THECONFERENCE ARE WORKING DAILY ONSOLUTIONS TO THE EXISTINGCHALLENGES IN ORDER TOFACILITATE A RETURN TO PLAY FORMOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL, ANDOTHER CONFERENCE SPORTPROGRAMS, AT THE EARLIESTPOSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY." "IEXPECT THE MOUNTAIN WEST TOPROBABLY COME TO THEIR SENSESAND EXPECT THEM TO PLAY IN THEFALL." MARTIN BELIEVES IT COULDHAPPEN IF THE CONFERENCE ISABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPPLANS FOR RAPID TESTING.HE SAYS HAVING A FOOTBALLSEASON WILL HAVE AN IMPACT FORTHE REST OF U-N-L- V'SATHLETICS PROGRAM."THEY NEED THOSE HOME GAMES,AND THEY NEED THAT TELEVISIONIT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHEN THEMOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WILLMAKE ITS DECISION ON WHENFOOTBALL WILL RETURN.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASESAT BOTH U-N-L-V AND U-N-R...MAY BE PART OF THE DECISION TOSTART PLAYING GAMES AGAIN.SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOLON AUGUST 24TH..U-N-L-V HAS REPORTED '16'POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES.AND U-N-R HAS REPORTED1-HUNDRED- 47 POSITIVE CASES.ANOTHER -2- HUNDRED