Sources: Big Ten votes to cancel football season; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020
Source: Detroit Free Press
The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.
The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Michigan and Michigan State which both has physicians as presidents voted to end the season, sources said. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play, Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday.
The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected Tuesday, the sources said. However, the situation remains fluid as the Big Ten tries to coordinate its announcement with other Power Five conferences.
A message to confirm the presidents' vote has not yet been returned from the Big Ten office. The Chicago Tribune reported around noon that "a top-level" Big Ten source texted that, "No final decisions have been made," while the Columbus Dispatch reported as of 12:25 p.m. that Ohio State had not yet been ordered to suspend practices.
Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2020/08/10/big-ten-football-cancels-season-michigan-michigan-state/3332277001/
underpants
(183,051 posts)You wont lose THE GAME this year.
Its finally Michigans year!!!!
Go Buckeyes.
catbyte
(34,546 posts)Hey. Last year with our new coach was at least close.
Michigan 27
THE Ohio State 56
irisblue
(33,061 posts)irisblue
(33,061 posts)underpants
(183,051 posts)The Team up North 27
THE Ohio State Buckeyes 56.
Fifth. Six.
A consistent TWO touchdowns per quarter.
Fifty. Six.
irisblue
(33,061 posts)Lemme start
116 games...
58516.
irisblue
(33,061 posts)Lemme start
116 games...
58516.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)UM and OSU made the right vote. Hats off to both from a UM grad. I am proud of my alma mater.
hlthe2b
(102,569 posts)How anyone can look at COVID-19 in the SE and not make the assessment that it "ain't gonna happen" is beyond me.
underpants
(183,051 posts)I read they are trying to get one Power 5 to stay in to play their schools.
Big 10 out
PAC 12 out
ACC and Big 12 probably any day now.
Theres no social distancing on fourth and 1.
unc70
(6,129 posts)Don't understand what you are trying to say. The SEC had already canceled all of its games against teams in other conferences.
underpants
(183,051 posts)https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sec-football-schedule-2020-florida-texas-a-m-auburn-tennessee-lead-new-conference-games-announcement/
Here's a look at the two additional opponents added to each SEC team's schedule.
Alabama
Previously scheduled: vs. Georgia, at Tennessee
Added opponents: vs. Kentucky, at Missouri
Arkansas
Previously scheduled: vs. Tennessee, at Missouri
Added opponents: vs. Georgia, at Florida
Auburn
Previously scheduled: vs. Kentucky, at Georgia
Added opponents: vs. Tennessee, at South Carolina
Florida
Previously scheduled: vs. LSU, at Ole Miss
Added opponents: vs. Arkansas, at Texas A&M
Georgia
Previously scheduled: vs. Auburn, at Alabama
Added opponents: vs. Mississippi State, at Arkansas
Sancho
(9,072 posts)🕯
Quemado
(1,262 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Roc2020
(1,619 posts)because of America's incompetence to address the virus all of our nice shiny things are being taken away. It aint happening SEC.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)not fooled
(5,807 posts)enacting better policy than red don's Federal government.
FM123
(10,054 posts)unc70
(6,129 posts)Plus, players who have already elected not to play this year retain their scholarships and their eligibility to play next year.
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)If they had taking this more seriously in the beginning then maybe we would have a season
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alterfurz
(2,476 posts)The U.S. has not been functional for some time now.
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)n/t
gab13by13
(21,513 posts)Pretty much all red states. That will leave a big mark with the South.
I'm upset because of college wrestling most likely done. Not much social distancing when you're locked up in a cradle.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)Those schools are located in redder states, so I guess it's not too surprising.
Well, there's the schools in Indiana too. Their football teams often don't fare very well, though.
VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)I'm not the type of person who would freak out if some low-student rural school reopened (while taking precautions), realizing it's not the same conditions everywhere. "Universal" rules aren't always practical.
The virus is pretty much making the rules right now, as far as I'm concerned, and several people are just prolonging the problem by not accepting it.
I don't think it's safe at those two universities either. Both have big student bodies, like all of the Big Ten schools except maybe Northwestern... but that school is near Chicago.
jayschool2013
(2,319 posts)Omaha metro is close to 1 million
Lincoln is close to 300,000
That's in a state of 1.9 million.
Lincoln has a progressive Democratic mayor. Omaha's Congressional District is likely to vote for Biden this year and grant its electoral vote to him, just as they did for Obama in 2008.
Unfortunately, the rest of the state votes at like 95 percent Republican.
Longford1847
(3 posts)pstokely
(10,541 posts)no one in NYC and even NJ will care if the Rutgers and the rest of the B10 cancel the season
mkell33
(10 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)I suspect it will be cancelled, but time will tell.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Detroit Free Press muffed the punt. They need to get back to basics - blocking and tackling.
In this case, you need to do things is this order:
1. Get the story.
2. Publish the story.
Publishing the story without first getting the story breaks the rules.
Yavin4
(35,455 posts)https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/07/05/sean-doolittle-sports-are-like-the-reward-of-a-functioning-society/
James48
(4,444 posts)The players may just live to play another day.
Thank you Big Ten
Brainfodder
(6,424 posts)Mosby
(16,422 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)And Republicans want to rush kids back to school?! (Not that SCIENCE sways them, so it shouldn't be too surprising.)
https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/27/covid19-concerns-about-lasting-heart-damage/
One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home. More than two months later, infected patients were more likely to have troubling cardiac signs than people in the control group: 78 patients showed structural changes to their hearts, 76 had evidence of a biomarker signaling cardiac injury typically found after a heart attack, and 60 had signs of inflammation.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:00 PM - Edit history (1)
I'll leave it up to you.
Edit: I made one already.
pstokely
(10,541 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,860 posts)They won't be able to social distance! Linemen will be breathing heavily on each other!
What about meat plants? Would it be ethical to make them work if they had no PPE? They're usually jammed together too, but they won't breathe as hard.
What if the meat packaging employees got tested regularly, and also signed a waiver that they were totally responsible if they got sick without wearing PPE? Okay then?
It's selfish, sick thinking to me. And for a freakin' game.
Invent a mouthpiece with N100 filtration that's worn all the time (like their current mouthpieces that protect their teeth and tongues), then maybe it could work.