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Big Ten presidents reportedly meeting tonight as ‘vast majority’ favor scrapping fall football season
Ann Arbor News ^ | Aug 10, 2020 | Matt Wenzel

Posted on 08/10/2020 8:54:58 AM PDT by drellberg

According to a report from ESPN, the “vast majority” of Big Ten presidents are in favor of postponing the season while hoping to play in the spring. Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel reported Big Ten presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet Sunday night.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breadandcircuses; covid
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To: drellberg

Universities should be gearing up for massive revenue losses if sports and in-person classes are cancelled. Don’t come begging taxpayers for a bailout.


21 posted on 08/10/2020 9:07:45 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Gahanna Bob

I think the SEC will play 10 games, all in-conference.

Alabama has Kentucky and Missouri added to their schedule. That shouldn’t be a problem.


22 posted on 08/10/2020 9:08:23 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: cornfedcowboy

“You can bet nearly all colleges will keep students home this Fall.”

Exceptions for labs and research are a big concern.

The monkeys and rats don’t do Zoom.


23 posted on 08/10/2020 9:11:40 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: drellberg

cancel it forever. I dont care about these over paid commies that kneel to rioters.


24 posted on 08/10/2020 9:12:27 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: drellberg

Adios to all non revenue sports and you know who you are.


25 posted on 08/10/2020 9:13:38 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: drellberg

They should play the games and just STFU on everything else.


26 posted on 08/10/2020 9:13:41 AM PDT by maddog55 (Only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it.)
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To: drellberg

Bkmrk


27 posted on 08/10/2020 9:14:09 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: treetopsandroofs
The monkeys and rats don’t do Zoom.

Don't bad-mouth the grievance-studies majors. :-)

28 posted on 08/10/2020 9:16:55 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after az><n election.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Local Austin radio just reported that it’s been cancelled. No sports period.


29 posted on 08/10/2020 9:19:34 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: redshawk

Yup

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


30 posted on 08/10/2020 9:21:45 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: plain talk

Well played!


31 posted on 08/10/2020 9:30:06 AM PDT by Hurricane Andrew (There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
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To: Red Badger

Heh. And at Alabama it’s looking like Saben will be spending a lot of time at the lake.


32 posted on 08/10/2020 9:51:13 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Where is Taffy 3?


33 posted on 08/10/2020 9:53:13 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Mouton

The NFL.

I’m happy that Joe Burrow got a $24 million signing bonus when the Bengals drafted him. He’s set for life even if there’s never another NFL game again.


34 posted on 08/10/2020 9:56:29 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: drellberg

Excellent. Perhaps they will actually have time to attend classes and learn something useful for a change.


35 posted on 08/10/2020 9:57:08 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma

Fat chance.


36 posted on 08/10/2020 10:15:10 AM PDT by wrcase
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To: drellberg
And this was the year that Northwestern was going to go undefeated 😖
37 posted on 08/10/2020 10:15:45 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
And this was the year that Northwestern was going to go undefeated 😖

Looks like they will.
38 posted on 08/10/2020 10:19:51 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Systemic liberalism is the problem.)
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To: Rebelbase

Behind and to the right of Taffy 2 and just ahead and to the left of Taffy 4.


39 posted on 08/10/2020 10:26:24 AM PDT by sport
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To: drellberg
They can scrap it all permanently for all I care.
40 posted on 08/10/2020 10:38:21 AM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, loving God, America, and the American People, is on the Side of GOD and the Angels!)
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