Nebraska B1G Could be playing football starting in October - Page 5

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“From source: If conference can pass updated safety measures and procedures, Big Ten targeting Oct. 10 to start football season.” - Dan Patrick

This came after the president met with B1G commish Kevin Warren. Warren's son plays for Mississippi St and they will be playing in September.

Also:

TV partners have already green-lighted any decision that B1G presidents and Kevin Warren decide on, but bigger networks Fox Sports and ESPN/ABC are also pushing for October start, per source.

Big Ten will only get partial TV revenue if they delay until Thanksgiving or later.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Also hard to put all of the blame on him when the majority of school presidents supported his decision

Yeah, but its his job to know they are a bunch of pussies that can be swayed by the media. You have to work the ADs and the coaches to work their presidents.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Also hard to put all of the blame on him when the majority of school presidents supported his decision

The way I understood it, they were supportive but the individual AD's were never consulted. He should have involved actual sports people before he decided to just call the whole thing off.

Kudos to the Huskers for spearheading this thing.
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Bobby Carpenter
@Bcarp3
Ball is in the University Presidents court... they have access to the Abbott instant testing.

It's the final hurdle for player safety and initially they will the only conference that has it.

Kevin Warren is working to pull it together... this can happen and he can be the hero
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The timing of this is interesting not just the meeting with President Trump, but the court in Lancaster saying hey we want to see the information. I'm not a lawyer I guess them asking for that information would he standard but what happens if they were to rule against the B1G? Hopefully someone like DJ could chime in on this.
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Wheels are in motion...

Reports: Big Ten is revoting on Friday about whether to play a fall college football season: https://t.co/276HAfXY8Y
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 3, 2020

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Originally Posted by BigBeauford:
Looks like 30-35% of Big 10 athletes that tested positive for COVID 19 also had myocarditis. Yikes.

Yeah if that report is true I dont see how they can play.
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Dennis Dodd
@dennisdoddcbs
Multiple sources: No immediate plan for @bigten presidents to meet to consider fall start to season. One source, "Oct 10 ain't happening."
1:05 PM · Sep 3, 2020
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Not sure how to embed tweets on mobile but that report appears to be fake news.

https://twitter.com/bonaguraespn/sta...025540608?s=21
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Regarding the claim that 30-35% of Big Ten athletes have been discovered to have heart conditions linked to Covid-19: It was incorrect.

Here is some clarification from Penn State.

"Dr. Sebastianelli wishes to clarify this point, and apologize for any confusion." pic.twitter.com/ATUc2FxDrU
— Kyle Bonagura (@BonaguraESPN) September 3, 2020

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Originally Posted by htismaqe:

Regarding the claim that 30-35% of Big Ten athletes have been discovered to have heart conditions linked to Covid-19: It was incorrect.

Here is some clarification from Penn State.

"Dr. Sebastianelli wishes to clarify this point, and apologize for any confusion." pic.twitter.com/ATUc2FxDrU
— Kyle Bonagura (@BonaguraESPN) September 3, 2020

If Penn State’s doctors had legit found myocarditis in 30%+ of their players then the ACC/Big 12/SEC would not be playing college football this fall.
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Looks like the B1G doesnt have enough votes to start Oct 10th. Most likely will be the end of November.

The reasoning? I dont know.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Looks like the B1G doesnt have enough votes to start Oct 10th. Most likely will be the end of November.

The reasoning? I dont know.

Playing outside in Dec-Jan? This from a league that never even played night games in Nov due to weather concerns....
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