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SHOCKER!!! The Big Ten is going to cave.

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TheEye said:
"we at the Big10 hold our players' health in the highest regard and that is why we will hold our season at the height of flu season. We understand that many of our games may be subject to sub zero climates and that COVID-19 is more easily spread indoors, and that is why we have decided to hold many of our winter games in domes."
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“Furthermore, as a means of making up for the loss of playing time to these young students-who-are-also-in-athletics, we are hereby petitioning the NCAA to allow for a four extra regular season games in the fall of 2021. These additional games would solely be for the benefit of these students, who would see additional practice time and opportunities on the ever green fields of play.”
 
From the Ohio State board within the past hour - written by one of the 247 writers who has been on top of this for OSU:

It's been an eventful Friday. Reports came out this morning that the Big Ten, after canceling the fall sports seasons two and a half weeks ago and focusing on a winter football season, was now discussing the possibility of playing a season starting on Thanksgiving weekend. These reports came from the likes of The Athletic's Bruce Feldman, Dennis Dodd of CBS and ESPN, all reporting confirmation from sources, after originating from Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Here is what I know. Ohio State, as of this morning, was still operating under the assumption that there would be no football this fall for the Buckeyes. Gene Smith and Ryan Day spoke with parents on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed, and addressed only a winter schedule that, as previously reported by Bucknuts, would start in January with a potential Rose Bowl or some kind of championship game in mid-March against the winner of the Pac-12.

Scarlet and Gray parents were informed, "there will not be football this fall."

The plan is for Ohio State football players to begin workouts four days per week starting next week. This will have to fall under the NCAA guidelines. Additionally, there are conversations with the NFL about pushing the Combine -- normally scheduled for February -- and the draft -- typically held in late April -- back to help accommodate the Big Ten and Pac-12 players.

This, obviously, does not jive with what is being reported by others. But I think it's important to point out that both things could be true. It would make sense for the decision-makers in the Big Ten -- these are the presidents/chancellors and commissioner Kevin Warren -- to discuss multiple options. Having one plan that may or may not work isn't wise.

It is also entirely possible that the Big Ten is discussing a late-November start date, while still believing that the winter schedule is more likely, and therefore that is what coaches and athletic directors have been told is the plan. Given how quickly information changes with COVID-19, these conversations could have taken place and not made their way down the ladder to those I spoke with that have knowledge of the situation and could be a step in the right direction.

But as of now, I have not heard anything definitive to tell me fans should expect Big Ten football in November.
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
From the Ohio State board within the past hour - written by one of the 247 writers who has been on top of this for OSU:

It's been an eventful Friday. Reports came out this morning that the Big Ten, after canceling the fall sports seasons two and a half weeks ago and focusing on a winter football season, was now discussing the possibility of playing a season starting on Thanksgiving weekend. These reports came from the likes of The Athletic's Bruce Feldman, Dennis Dodd of CBS and ESPN, all reporting confirmation from sources, after originating from Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Here is what I know. Ohio State, as of this morning, was still operating under the assumption that there would be no football this fall for the Buckeyes. Gene Smith and Ryan Day spoke with parents on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed, and addressed only a winter schedule that, as previously reported by Bucknuts, would start in January with a potential Rose Bowl or some kind of championship game in mid-March against the winner of the Pac-12.

Scarlet and Gray parents were informed, "there will not be football this fall."

The plan is for Ohio State football players to begin workouts four days per week starting next week. This will have to fall under the NCAA guidelines. Additionally, there are conversations with the NFL about pushing the Combine -- normally scheduled for February -- and the draft -- typically held in late April -- back to help accommodate the Big Ten and Pac-12 players.

This, obviously, does not jive with what is being reported by others. But I think it's important to point out that both things could be true. It would make sense for the decision-makers in the Big Ten -- these are the presidents/chancellors and commissioner Kevin Warren -- to discuss multiple options. Having one plan that may or may not work isn't wise.

It is also entirely possible that the Big Ten is discussing a late-November start date, while still believing that the winter schedule is more likely, and therefore that is what coaches and athletic directors have been told is the plan. Given how quickly information changes with COVID-19, these conversations could have taken place and not made their way down the ladder to those I spoke with that have knowledge of the situation and could be a step in the right direction.

But as of now, I have not heard anything definitive to tell me fans should expect Big Ten football in November.
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So the insiders on their boards are as clueless as the ones on this board.

Thanks for the latest.
 
So it seems a "Return to Play Task Force" has been formed by some of the ADs in conjunction with tv partners...

 
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This is great entertainment. Tom Mars did file 13 FOI requests , one to each of the schools involved. Seems he got a response from one of them ...

 
JD08 said:
I did tell @Number1CanesFan that absent evidence to the contrary, we'd have to take them at their word that myocarditis was the big fear, even if it didn't seem likely. It looks like this might shed some light.
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So they're to prove to you that the reason they canceled football is the reason they canceled football? Fifteen football players reportedly got myocarditis after contacting Covid-19.
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You could say the same thing to the other conferences to prove why they didn't cancel football by reporting if any players got myocarditis after contracting Covid-19.
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
So they're to prove to you that the reason they canceled football is the reason they canceled football? Fifteen football players reportedly got myocarditis after contacting Covid-19.
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You could say the same thing to the other conferences to prove why they didn't cancel football by reporting if any players got myocarditis after contracting Covid-19.
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Did I say they had to prove anything? No, I said absent any contradictory evidence, we should take them at their word. The FOIA should reveal if that's the case.

It's interesting that two different reports on the same day have two different numbers. This report says 10 players had myocarditis. It's a bit surprising that of the 1190 scholarship players in the Big 10, 10-15 both had covid and developed a rare side effect from it.

Report: At Least 10 Big Ten Football Players Have Heart Condition Myocarditis
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
And the University of Illinois was just ridiculous....




Click on each email in the above tweet to read the exchange. The last one from Mars is priceless...
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LMFAO!!! This is going to be fun! This is the guy that ***-raped Ole Miss. I don't remember the exact story but he was asking for records pertaining to Houston Nutt and when he didn't get them he just went after every e-mail and phone recod for five years. That led to the Hugh Freeze scandal revelation and the NCAA violations.

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