The Big Ten Commissioner, along with the university presidents, made a divisive and decisive judgment call when they decided to postpone fall sports, including the football season. The decision led to a group of players who led a #WeWantToPlay campaign, along with a petition, attempting to get the Big Ten Conference to reverse their decision and reinstate the fall football season. Despite those pleas, it has now been confirmed that the postponement will not be revisited, officially ending the Big Ten fall football season.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren confirmed this today in a statement made on the Big Ten’s website.
“While several factors contributed to the decision to postpone the 2020-21 fall sports season, at the core of our decision was the knowledge that there was too much medical uncertainty and too many unknown health risks regarding SARS-CoV-2 infection and its impact on our student-athletes,” Warren wrote in the release.
Warren instead said that the conference will be working with coaches, athletic directors, and medical personnel to find a safe way to hold the season in the winter or spring. It’s possible that the season could start as early as January.
