First off all this has very little to do with player safety. It’s about liability.

But by that logic, football should be banned all together considering CTE is more dangerous. Does not playing football or being in a controlled environment where they are tested regularly make them any safer? Do you think these young kids are just going to stay home all day and practice social distancing if they aren’t playing football?

Also, who are you to tell these “people” they shouldn’t play/coach, if it’s what they want to do? Why are they not allowed to assess the risks and make a decision themselves?
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The Big 12 and SEC will rake in the dollars this year assuming nothing horrific happens with the Rona'

the Big 10 and Pac 12 are gonna look like dumbasses if the other conferences play games without much incident
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Alex Smith nearly died of Covid
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I am not telling them anything. I simply agree with most of those that are saying it is better to postpone and or cancel.
There are more and more people that are on the same side of this argument as I. Just look at what the Big and Pac. There will be more as well.
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Why exactly is it better to postpone or cancel? And who is it better for? Again, there’s nothing that says these players are more likely to get COVID playing football than not.
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So Nebraska is pretty hell bent on playing. North Dakota St has already offered to play them.

What would stop Ohio St, Michigan, Iowa, etc from following suit? The B1G isnt going to throw all of them out.

Also how does it make any fucking sense that it's too dangerous for Iowa to play but Iowa St can play?
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It’s the same amount of “danger” for everyone. The difference is the Dr’s the conferences talked to, and some conferences apparently have better protocols in place than others.
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My understanding is each school had different protocols but perhaps I'm wrong.

If the Big 12s protocol is better than the B1Gs then why the fuck cant they adjust and try to play?
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I would disagree with you somewhat about the same amount of risks. I mean Northwestern and Rutgers ok I understand the higher risk given they are near some of the biggest citites in the country who've had outbreaks in the past.

But Nebraska?

Lancaster county has 3,500 cases and 19 deaths.
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Dude come on. This all has to be covered again and again. Everyone should know by now.
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I’m curious what dr’s the B1G talked to. I know the Big12 talked with Mayo and KU. I don’t know much about KU’s but I know Mayo is pretty dang good.
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Why is it not safe for covid free players to play?
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Yeah and look at Mizzou. A state which is now in the "red zone" concerning COVID and their program had a very low number of positive cases.

This is total bullshit and leads me to believe it's not all about safety but the threat of players trying to unionize.
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Lol this is bullshit for “I don’t have a fucking answer”.

There’s no reason to believe these players will be any safer not playing or being in a controlled environment where they get tested regularly.

What exactly do you think they’re going to do if the season is cancelled? Stop being college kids that like to party and hang out in big groups?

News flash: The average college kid isn’t the least bit worried about COVID. See Spring Break 2020 if you disagree.
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CTE or.. you know, the whole possibility of being instantly paralyzed or killed with the wrong type of contact.
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