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Ohio State has not provided an official forecast of the financial impact from the absence of a 2020 football season. COLUMBUS The cancellation of the 2020 football season last week left Ohio State without an opportunity to contend for a national championship in 2020, avenging last season’s postseason heartbreak. Coach Ryan Day felt the disappointment, referring to the Buckeyes as a potential “once-in-a-lifetime team.” But the magnitude of the decision by the Big Ten to call off games because of the coronavirus pandemic extends beyond the field. The Ohio State athletic department could lose as much as $110 million in revenue without a football season in the next year, according to a Dispatch analysis of the school’s most recent financial reports submitted to the NCAA. The tens of millions of dollars generated by football make up more than half of the department’s annual operating revenues. Before the cancellation, Ohio State…
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