CORONAVIRUS: Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addresses the media following the announcement of the cancellation of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, in Nashville, Tenn. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (ANDY LYONS/Getty Images/TNS)
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addresses the media following the announcement of the cancellation of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, in Nashville, Tenn. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (ANDY LYONS/Getty Images/TNS)

President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the pla…