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Another Trump victory.
People are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.
Big Ten Conference Will Begin College Football Season After All
September 16, 2020 By Jordan Davidson, The Federalist:
The Big Ten Conference voted unanimously to begin their fall football season after adopting “significant medical protocols” to ensure the safety of players and coaches on and off the field.
Using methods such as “daily antigen testing, enhanced cardiac screening and an enhanced data-driven approach when making decisions about practice/competition,” the conference set their sights on a return beginning on the weekend of October 23-24. A Chief Infection Officer (CInO) will be named at every school and will monitor “team test positivity rate and population positivity rate” to determine whether a team will continue to practice and play or enter a quarantine period.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said the conference task force has worked for six weeks to ensure the health and safety of student athletes. “Our goal has always been to return to competition so all student-athletes can realize their dream of competing in the sports they love,” he said.
Dr. Jim Borchers, head team physician at The Ohio State University and co-chair of the Return to Competition Task Force medical subcommittee, said everyone associated with the Big Ten should be proud of the groundbreaking steps taken.
“The data we are going to collect from testing and the cardiac registry will provide major contributions for all 14 Big Ten institutions as they study COVID-19 and attempt to mitigate the spread of the disease among wider communities,” he added.
The conference, which houses top football schools such as Ohio State and Michigan, previously said they would not be playing again until Spring of 2021, but reversed the decision after the “Big Ten Return To Competition Task Force” assisted in creating health and safety measures to protect players and coaches, especially those who might be at higher risk if they contract COVID-19.
“From the onset of the pandemic, our highest priority has been the health and the safety of our students. The new medical protocols and standards put into place by the Big Ten Return To Competition Task Force were pivotal in the decision to move forward with sports in the conference,” said Morton Schapiro, Chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors and Northwestern University President, and Chair of the Return to Competition Task Force Steering Committee. “We appreciate the conference’s dedication to developing the necessary safety procedures for our students and the communities that embrace them.”
Season will begin on weekend of October 24th. Big win for players, coaches and fans who fought so hard to make this happen. Congrats.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 16, 2020
President Trump praised the decision claiming that it was his “great honor to have helped” after urging the conference’s return multiple times.
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12 Comments
3 years ago
What’s a “big ten”?
3 years ago
Reply to
ed
If she had as many sticking out of her as she’s had stuck in her, she would look like a porcupine.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
“You keep your hands off of my daughter.”
“I wouldn’t touch your daughter with a ten foot pole.”
“Bet you wish you had a ten foot pole, arr-arr”.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Thanks, David Curtis. I’m now listening to “Mosquito Bar Britches”.
3 years ago
Capitalism wins again.
3 years ago
3 years ago
The first knee they take and attendance will drop like a rock. If someone does that the season might as well be cancelled.
3 years ago
Reply to
stephen5970
FOOTBALLS IS DONE! WHY GET EXCITED ABOUT FOOTBALL ANYMORE WHEN THEY CAN SHUT IT DOWN ANY TIME THEY WANT!
3 years ago
As a retired football coach, I predict that at the end of the season, those schools who played out their schedules will have lower coronavirus numbers than those who sat out.
Those who are playing will still have to make curfews and concentrate on maintaining their grades instead of having free time for mingling with others at frat parties and the like.
3 years ago
dont fire up the grill just yet…
5 players positive means a 2 game suspension (forfeit) for the team.
a positive test means a players quarantines for 21 days
all this for a disease that barley affects anyone college aged
3 years ago
OH YES!! School/College football. When a Player is hurt, what does the coach say? AWWW, sorrrrrry —- NEXT!!!
Do not let your child get SUCKERED into a “game” where they can be CRIPPLED for the remaining time of their life!!!!!!!!!!
