While few expect major sports such as football and basketball to be eliminated at most places, the cuts announced so far signal a change to decades of tradition at American universities.

The conference decides to suspend athletics for the rest of 2020, which means winter sports also will be affected.

Football is not the priority for some like South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who will not lift the executive order that bans large gatherings.

The athletic department had sold about 35,000 season tickets and 5,000 student tickets before stopping sales.