BIG10 Cancels Cancelling the Season- It Starts 10/23

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Kind of funny in away .  You have the "we want to play" movement.  But then you have this other whole player movement demanding certain things of the schools around player safety, etc.  Not saying they are at all wrong, but I wonder if these demands are part of what's driving schools to say cancel as they know they can't address these concerns.  In a way the players may have accelerated the desire to cancel.

[YoloinOhio]

Officially cancelled. Time of death 2:48 pm.

[BillsFan4]

Breaking news it’s cancelled. They plan to play in the spring instead.

Edited August 11, 2020 by BillsFan4

[YoloinOhio]

3 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said:

Breaking news it’s cancelled. They plan to play in the spring instead.

Sure they do. 

[Mark Vader]

13 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said:

Breaking news it’s cancelled. They plan to play in the spring instead.

How is that going to work?

 

Will all Seniors and Juniors who want to enter the draft just skip the entire season?

 

Are we looking at a bunch of Frosh/Soph squads?

[Mike in Horseheads]

The Pac 12 or whatever they are called will pry follow suit. Rose Bowl game on Easter. SMH

[par73]

Playing in the Spring is a joke. As others pointed out, the top prospects will sit and wait to be drafted (e.g., Justin Fields of Ohio St.). Stinks that he only had the one year at OSU.

With this decision, they should shut it down until next Fall.

[BillsFan4]

11 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

How is that going to work?

 

Will all Seniors and Juniors who want to enter the draft just skip the entire season?

 

Are we looking at a bunch of Frosh/Soph squads?

Not sure. I was just posting what they said on ESPN. 

[Doc Brown]

2 minutes ago, par73 said:

Playing in the Spring is a joke. As others pointed out, the top prospects will sit and wait to be drafted (e.g., Justin Fields of Ohio St.). Stinks that he only had the one year at OSU.

With this decision, they should shut it down until next Fall.

My guess is the hope that fans could be let in by next Spring so they can collect that ticket revenue many programs rely on.

[Just Joshin']

It would be interesting to see the data that shows they are safer not playing football but attending class, parties, etc vs focused on football/classes.

[Mark Vader]

7 minutes ago, par73 said:

Playing in the Spring is a joke. As others pointed out, the top prospects will sit and wait to be drafted (e.g., Justin Fields of Ohio St.). Stinks that he only had the one year at OSU.

With this decision, they should shut it down until next Fall.

I agree.

Just cancel the whole season. Playing in the spring is pointless.

[KD in CA]

16 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Kind of funny in away .  You have the "we want to play" movement.  But then you have this other whole player movement demanding certain things of the schools around player safety, etc.  Not saying they are at all wrong, but I wonder if these demands are part of what's driving schools to say cancel as they know they can't address these concerns.  In a way the players may have accelerated the desire to cancel.

 

Of course it is.....easy to say "we want to play" now but then follow up later with "but we only will play if you do X, Y, and Z" and "and we want to sue the pants off you if anyone gets COVID".

 

The people making the decision here aren't morons.

[Bill from NYC]

I hope that the other conferences play and whoever wins get the title.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

11 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

My guess is the hope that fans could be let in by next Spring so they can collect that ticket revenue many programs rely on.

 

That may be the decider for spring play, if we can get fans in we'll go with it.  While it may be mostly freshman and sophomores playing that will hurt the play this year, by say 2022 it could mean a more experienced level of play

 

10 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

It would be interesting to see the data that shows they are safer not playing football but attending class, parties, etc vs focused on football/classes.

 

It doesn't matter then as the schools aren't libel for it then if they aren't playing. 

[YoloinOhio]

35 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

How is that going to work?

 

Will all Seniors and Juniors who want to enter the draft just skip the entire season?

 

Are we looking at a bunch of Frosh/Soph squads?

It won’t work. Period. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

Ross Dellenger

@RossDellenger

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BREAKING: Pac-12 is canceling its 2020 fall football season, source tells @SINow. Like the Big Ten, it plans to play in the spring. @Brett_McMurphy first.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

College football as a spring sport sounds like a fascinating idea..

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

College football as a spring sport sounds like a fascinating idea..

Glorified JV squads 

[Mark Vader]

8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Glorified JV squads 

And how many games will they play? 3?

[H2o]

With them saying they are moving the season back to the Spring it just shows the greed behind it imo. If it was about player safety they wouldn't be trying to make their scholarship athletes have two football seasons within a single calendar year in 2021. Another thing about life ruined for the moment.  Covid.