At one point in time it annoyed me Joe would never acknowledge when he had his ass handed to him. Now I just laugh.
Big Ten Football Announcement Is Tonight (Sept. 15)
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Joe and his minions are always right even when they are wrong
So they DID announce it yesterday? That article says 9/16. Can you link where the B10 announced this on or before 9/15?
lol...
The Big10 is back. They must not have read your emails.
The Big10 is back. They must not have read your emails.
First it's "September"
Then "10/17"
Then "10/24"
Before you know it, it'll be "2021"....
Would you like the crow with salt or sauce?
lol at Joe trying to claim he was right by playing semantics with the date....and not addressing the real point...the actual decision to resume Big10 football.
I can link a date that is a hell of a lot closer to 9/15 than 2021.
They delayed the official announcement from last night to this morning because they were finalizing the details of the testing program. JP knows this but he’s incapable of ever acknowledging he was wrong about anything. Throwing shit against the wall is JP’s own unique way of admitting defeat.
Ergo: external pressures had little to do with this, and the 6+ weeks of planning and preparation are the story here.
I never said anything about “external pressures”. I’m laughing at your stupid ass for nitpicking over the formal announcement coming Wednesday morning rather than Tuesday night.
Really? I posted just above your post.
Still awaiting the announcement 9/15 or prior....
This is SO WEIRD.....cuz in the August press release, the Big Ten said nothing about "cancellation" of the FB season:
The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In making its decision, which was based on multiple factors, the Big Ten Conference relied on the medical advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee.
“Our primary responsibility is to make the best possible decisions in the interest of our students, faculty and staff,” said Morton Schapiro, Chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors and Northwestern University President.
“The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, it became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete this fall.
“We know how significant the student-athlete experience can be in shaping the future of the talented young women and men who compete in the Big Ten Conference. Although that knowledge made this a painstaking decision, it did not make it difficult. While I know our decision today will be disappointing in many ways for our thousands of student-athletes and their families, I am heartened and inspired by their resilience, their insightful and discerning thoughts, and their participation through our conversations to this point. Everyone associated with the Big Ten Conference and its member institutions is committed to getting everyone back to competition as soon as it is safe to do so.”
The fall sports included in this announcement are men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball. The Big Ten Conference will continue to evaluate a number of options regarding these sports, including the possibility of competition in the spring. Decisions regarding winter and spring sports will also continue to be evaluated.
He's trying to pretend that just yesterday he wasn't spamming the board with a story about an individual case, that he was presenting as a reason it's unsafe to play football.
Now, today, he just wants to nitpick about if the announcement came at night or the next morning, and if the word cancellation or postponement was used.
Sorry Joe, this board, and the country, are moving forward without you.
Now, today, he just wants to nitpick about if the announcement came at night or the next morning, and if the word cancellation or postponement was used.
Sorry Joe, this board, and the country, are moving forward without you.
It may be unsafe to play football. Until the league had a clear plan in place, that certainly WAS the case here.
Joe, with respect how would you know? B10 provided the bare minimum in August with their initial decision to delay, and then went radio silent for the bulk of the month. Every school had developed their own plan - approved by B10 offices on how to operate during the pandemic.
In this situation at least, I think concerns about safety were merely window dressing and had little to do with the decision to postpone.
Joe, as I previously stated, I think that was cover. I don't think the presidents wanted to play this fall at all, but events and public pressure forced their hands.
That's why they had a 6 week Task Force pretending to do something.....
Then why did we see multiple University presidents/chancellors question whether there was a formal vote or not? Why did we hear from multiple coaches/ADs that they were never a part of the process at all? Why did the Michigan President - who is, himself, a doctor, NEVER visit the Michigan athletic facilities?
I'm sure they had that task force working all along - that's something that was bare minimum. But there are too many other questions and things that don't add up here to say that medical concerns were driving this.
You don't think the B1G presidents shouldn't have discussed this at all with the coaches or ADs? Whether they were on the Task Force or not is immaterial. It makes zero sense to have coaches/ADs making plans for an early September football season, and then NEVER talk to them about potentially postponing or outright cancelling.
Political yes, but as an internal conference politics situation. Saying this was done to try and harm Trump makes zero sense. EVERYONE likes football - and everyone was ticked off by the decision to postpone/potentially cancel major football in the Midwest.
Don't forget that Purdue's President is former Indiana (GOP) governor Mitch Daniels. This had zero to do with Democrat/GOP politics. Nothing about that decision benefited Democrats vs GOP or vice-versa.
Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey were behind the shutdown-all Dem Govs. They got called out by espn. Of course its partisan politics.
How did that benefit Democrats to shutdown football? Any evidence that they were involved in this decision?
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