MAC makes it official: If a team gets a COVID outbreak during the season, they forfeit Recently, college athletics continues to be impacted by COVID-19. Virginia Commonwealth had to pull out of the 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament and the NC State baseball program lost the opportunity to compete for a College World Series Championship due to an overwhelming amount of positive tests. For the 2021 MAC football season, a COVID outbreak could mean a forfeit. "We will not have the same minimum roster standards that we did last year," Jon Steinbrecher, MAC commissioner said. "If you cannot play the game, we will not reschedule the game and the game will be forfeited."