- ABC News
- August 14, 2020
Alabama running back Najee Harris said Friday that he never considered opting out, but he conceded that he's concerned about starting preseason practice without knowing whether there will be a football season. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have postponed fall sports during the coronavirus pandemic, but the SEC, ACC and Big 12 are proceeding with plans to begin the season in September. Alabama opens camp on Monday. "I'm not trying to go into camp [without] really knowing that we might not have a season or not," Harris told reporters during a Zoom call. "It's just so many uncertainties that it is what it is. That's something to work with, I have to deal with." Harris said the mood of the team is one of wanting to play but not knowing whether they'll be able to. "We wish there's more certainty, but we understand this isn't something that's going to be known in, like, the next day or something like that, or the next couple of hours," he said. "It's a pandemic. We understand...