“I know Gene and I talked again this morning at length about this and we’re still exploring all of those options,” the head coach said. “This thing’s moving, it’s changing and we are looking at everything, I can promise you that.”
Ohio State players, staff and even parents have made it very clear that they believe the safest place to be during this pandemic is within the football program and its facilities. The Buckeyes believe they have the health and safety measures in place to handle a fall season and Day made it clear during his conversation with the media that he still believes the Scarlet and Gray could manage a football season in 2020.
“There’s just a lot of conversations,” Day said. “We’re trying to explore every option possible, and we owe it to our kids to do that and that’s what we’re doing. I can’t really get into specifics because there’s still a lot of unknowns there but we’re asking all the questions and pushing the envelope as much as we can, making sure that it’s obviously safe to do so. But we’ve got to make sure that we turn over every stone.”
A major obstacle is the Big Ten itself. On Tuesday night, after Nebraska indicated in a statement that the Cornhuskers would continue to look at options,
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren told Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel that teams wouldn't be permitted to play football this fall and still be a member of the conference.
As Smith mentioned, there are also television contracts to consider. If Ohio State was to join the SEC, Big 12 or ACC, even temporarily, that could violate terms with the Big Ten’s TV partners, FOX and ABC/ESPN.
All of this is being discussed and options are being explored by Ohio State.
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