Sources: Big Ten votes to cancel football season; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020

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Source: Detroit Free Press

The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Michigan and Michigan State — which both has physicians as presidents — voted to end the season, sources said. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play, Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday.

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected Tuesday, the sources said. However, the situation remains fluid as the Big Ten tries to coordinate its announcement with other Power Five conferences.

A message to confirm the presidents' vote has not yet been returned from the Big Ten office. The Chicago Tribune reported around noon that "a top-level" Big Ten source texted that, "No final decisions have been made," while the Columbus Dispatch reported as of 12:25 p.m. that Ohio State had not yet been ordered to suspend practices.

Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2020/08/10/big-ten-football-cancels-season-michigan-michigan-state/3332277001/

[underpants]

1. Congratulations Coach Harbaugh

You won’t lose THE GAME this year.

It’s finally Michigan’s year!!!!

Go Buckeyes.

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3. Boo, hisssssssssss!

[underpants]

5. 😁

Hey. Last year with our new coach was at least close.

Michigan 27
THE Ohio State 56

[irisblue]

14. Dream on my Bucky friend, dream on. #GoBlue

[irisblue]

15. Any chance I can use this I will. #GoBlue

[underpants]

16. Last year. New Buckeye coach....

The Team up North 27
THE Ohio State Buckeyes 56.

Fifth. Six.

A consistent TWO touchdowns per quarter.

Fifty. Six.

[irisblue]

20. The next 2 yrs of trash talk are going to be intense.

Lemme start


116 games...
58–51–6.

[irisblue]

21. Duplicate, semi sorry bout facts

Lemme start


116 games...
58–51–6.

[roamer65]

39. As much as I dislike OSU.

UM and OSU made the right vote. Hats off to both from a UM grad. I am proud of my alma mater.

[hlthe2b]

2. I'm just waiting for the earthquake & collective gnashing of teeth when SEC finally has to do so...

How anyone can look at COVID-19 in the SE and not make the assessment that it "ain't gonna happen" is beyond me.

[underpants]

6. Oh they are holding out against everything

I read they are trying to get one Power 5 to stay in to play their schools.
Big 10 out
PAC 12 out
ACC and Big 12 probably any day now.

There’s no social distancing on fourth and 1.

[unc70]

19. SEC not playing any non-conference games

Don't understand what you are trying to say. The SEC had already canceled all of its games against teams in other conferences.

[underpants]

31. Well I read this headline wrong. My mistake.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sec-football-schedule-2020-florida-texas-a-m-auburn-tennessee-lead-new-conference-games-announcement/

Here's a look at the two additional opponents added to each SEC team's schedule.

Alabama
Previously scheduled: vs. Georgia, at Tennessee
Added opponents: vs. Kentucky, at Missouri


Arkansas
Previously scheduled: vs. Tennessee, at Missouri
Added opponents: vs. Georgia, at Florida

Auburn
Previously scheduled: vs. Kentucky, at Georgia
Added opponents: vs. Tennessee, at South Carolina

Florida
Previously scheduled: vs. LSU, at Ole Miss
Added opponents: vs. Arkansas, at Texas A&M

Georgia
Previously scheduled: vs. Auburn, at Alabama
Added opponents: vs. Mississippi State, at Arkansas

[Sancho]

4. At least there won't be another Bowling Green massacre!

[underpants]

8. 🎗

🕯

[Quemado]

10. Kellyanne Conway

[Baclava]

7. "No final decisions have been made" So, tomorrow we get actual news?

[Roc2020]

9. It's only sports but it's still a WOW

because of America's incompetence to address the virus all of our nice shiny things are being taken away. It aint happening SEC.

[NCjack]

13. VirusTrump-#45, Thank you not for the year without college football.

[not fooled]

24. College football

enacting better policy than red don's Federal government.

[FM123]

11. I wonder if they get to keep their scholarships and stay in school even if they can't play....

[unc70]

22. Yes in all the Cases I know about

Plus, players who have already elected not to play this year retain their scholarships and their eligibility to play next year.

[Proud liberal 80]

12. Most of the idiots complaining only have themselves to blame

If they had taking this more seriously in the beginning then maybe we would have a season

[alterfurz]

17. "Sports are like the reward of a *functional* society." -- Sean Doolittle, Washington Nationals

The U.S. has not been functional for some time now.

[totodeinhere]

23. Good. Football is just a game. We don't need to risk lives just so we can play a game.

n/t

[gab13by13]

25. Who can Trump blame when the SEC cancels?

Pretty much all red states. That will leave a big mark with the South.

I'm upset because of college wrestling most likely done. Not much social distancing when you're locked up in a cradle.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

26. Nebraska and Iowa voted to play.

Those schools are located in redder states, so I guess it's not too surprising.

Well, there's the schools in Indiana too. Their football teams often don't fare very well, though.

[VMA131Marine]

27. Also they are in states without large urban areas

[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. Yeah, that too.

I'm not the type of person who would freak out if some low-student rural school reopened (while taking precautions), realizing it's not the same conditions everywhere. "Universal" rules aren't always practical.

The virus is pretty much making the rules right now, as far as I'm concerned, and several people are just prolonging the problem by not accepting it.

I don't think it's safe at those two universities either. Both have big student bodies, like all of the Big Ten schools except maybe Northwestern... but that school is near Chicago.

[jayschool2013]

33. Two-thirds of Nebraska's population is in cities/suburbs

Omaha metro is close to 1 million
Lincoln is close to 300,000

That's in a state of 1.9 million.

Lincoln has a progressive Democratic mayor. Omaha's Congressional District is likely to vote for Biden this year and grant its electoral vote to him, just as they did for Obama in 2008.

Unfortunately, the rest of the state votes at like 95 percent Republican.

[Longford1847]

40. And a Bully billionaire governor

[pstokely]

43. large urban areas don't care about college FB, and sometimes not even the local pro teams

no one in NYC and even NJ will care if the Rutgers and the rest of the B10 cancel the season

[mkell33]

29. The big ten refuted the Freepress artilce

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Big-Ten-refutes-report-of-canceled-football-season-college-COVID-19-pandemic-150086770/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

30. Yeah, it's not official yet.

I suspect it will be cancelled, but time will tell.

[Steelrolled]

41. Ohio State also said they participated in no vote.

Detroit Free Press muffed the punt. They need to get back to basics - blocking and tackling.

In this case, you need to do things is this order:

1. Get the story.
2. Publish the story.

Publishing the story without first getting the story breaks the rules.

[Yavin4]

32. Nats reliever Sean Doolittle said it best,"Sports are like the reward of a functioning society. "

I do think it brings to mind kind of where we’re at in our response to this as a country. Like we’re trying to bring baseball back during a pandemic that’s killed 130,000 people. We’re way worse off as a country than we were in March when we shut this thing down. Look at where other developed countries are in their response to this. We haven’t done any of the things that other countries have done to bring sports back. Sports are like the reward of a functioning society. And we’re trying to just bring it back, even though we’ve taken none of the steps to flatten the curve, whatever you want to say. We did flatten the curve a little bit, but we didn’t use that time to do anything productive. We just opened back up for Memorial Day. We decided we’re done with it. If there aren’t sports, it’s going to be because people are not wearing masks, because the response to this has been so politicized.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/07/05/sean-doolittle-sports-are-like-the-reward-of-a-functioning-society/

[James48]

34. Thank God

The players may just live to play another day.

Thank you Big Ten

[Brainfodder]

35. ...and the Gym Jordans of the world can have an easier time....

[Mosby]

36. Why the quick change of heart? This.

Link to tweet

[Buckeye_Democrat]

37. Uh huh! Just like it was reported by German doctors!

And Republicans want to rush kids back to school?! (Not that SCIENCE sways them, so it shouldn't be too surprising.)

https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/27/covid19-concerns-about-lasting-heart-damage/

One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home. More than two months later, infected patients were more likely to have troubling cardiac signs than people in the control group: 78 patients showed structural changes to their hearts, 76 had evidence of a biomarker signaling cardiac injury typically found after a heart attack, and 60 had signs of inflammation.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. Your post deserves its own thread imo.

Last edited Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:00 PM - Edit history (1)

I'll leave it up to you.



Edit: I made one already.

[pstokely]

42. N is for knowledge

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https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/sipple/steven-m-sipple-frost-determined-to-not-let-others-in-b1g-decide-fate-of-teams/article_0b535a3d-ac82-5531-8388-e29578d7e167.html

[Buckeye_Democrat]

44. What a ridiculous article.

They won't be able to social distance! Linemen will be breathing heavily on each other!

What about meat plants? Would it be ethical to make them work if they had no PPE? They're usually jammed together too, but they won't breathe as hard.

What if the meat packaging employees got tested regularly, and also signed a waiver that they were totally responsible if they got sick without wearing PPE? Okay then?

It's selfish, sick thinking to me. And for a freakin' game.

Invent a mouthpiece with N100 filtration that's worn all the time (like their current mouthpieces that protect their teeth and tongues), then maybe it could work.