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Kevin (Tim “Asshat” Racadb) Warren (ex-B1G Commissioner)

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Sources: Big Ten revote on when to start football season could take place Sunday

The Big Ten's council of presidents and chancellors will meet Sunday to review the latest medical information and possibly vote again on when the fall football season can begin, sources told ESPN.

The medical subcommittee of the Big Ten's return to competition task force met Saturday with a smaller group of eight presidents and chancellors, who pushed the process forward for a possible revote as early as Sunday.

The Big Ten on Aug. 11 postponed its fall sports season, including football, because of concerns around the coronavirus pandemic.

The initial vote was 11-3 to postpone, with only Nebraska, Ohio State and Iowa electing to push forward with fall sports. Six presidents must change their Aug. 11 vote to exceed the 60% threshold required by Big Ten bylaws.

The medical subcommittee, co-chaired by Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour and Ohio State lead team physician Dr. Jim Borchers, will present the presidents with at least four rapid response antigen tests that could allow Big Ten teams to test daily for the coronavirus and significantly decrease the amount of necessary contact tracing. The latest information about myocarditis and its occurrence in athletes who test positive for COVID-19 also is expected to be shared, sources said.

"It's light-years different than it was five weeks ago," a conference source told ESPN on Friday.

The medical subcommittee includes four Big Ten athletic directors -- Michigan's Warde Manuel, Michigan State's Bill Beekman, Minnesota's Mark Coyle and Maryland's Damon Evans -- as well as team doctors and other medical experts from Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Indiana and Maryland.

The committee met Saturday afternoon with presidents or chancellors from Northwestern, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Rutgers, Ohio State, Illinois and Michigan State.

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and the league have received significant backlash since the initial decision to postpone, as coaches, players, parents of players and politicians all have weighed in. President Donald Trump spoke with Warren last week about testing and other areas to get Big Ten football started as soon as possible. But any reversal of the initial vote would be based on updated medical information, sources said. The Big Ten fall season was set to kick off Sept. 3 before the postponement.

If the presidents vote to start the fall football season, the earliest time frame for kickoff would be mid-to-late October. A key factor is how quickly the conference determines a testing agreement and when supplies can be in place. Sources said it's also possible not all Big Ten schools choose to play a fall season.

"Someone's got to be strong and make a decision," a Big Ten source said. "Put a nail in it, put a pin in this thing and let's go."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...evote-start-football-season-take-place-sunday
 
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ScriptOhio said:


“Sources are telling me that later this afternoon, the Big Ten's return to competition task force will be on a zoom call with the Big Ten (restart) committee,” Feldman said on Big Noon Kickoff. “They are going to sort out new medical recommendations for a potential restart. What I'm told is the medical committee feels like they have a better handle on the cardiac issues, in regards to myocarditis. They have testing protocols in place. They've worked through what they've learned in the last six weeks. There's been breakthroughs on the testing front. They have to feel good about these new rapid tests

“If things go well on this zoom call today, there could be a president’s meeting with all 14 for a potential vote as early as tomorrow. There have been pauses in the Wisconsin and Maryland athletic programs but what I’m told, there's more optimism now on the Big Ten front then there's been in a long time.”

According to the Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein, that vote could come this weekend.

“Just learned re: timing of the B1G vote ... will be this weekend ‘at the earliest’ ... Sun or Mon possible,” Greenstein wrote on Twitter.
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I've heard this shit before...


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Optimist in me says there’s no way you put this group together again unless you have the votes to play. If not, he should just say it’s not happening and we’re not doing this song and dance.

Realist in me says this whole thing is void of any leadership and Warren is spineless so he’d love to hide behind a vote vs. speaking on it himself.

Nihilist in me says this is all meaningless and nothing matters.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Optimist in me says there’s no way you put this group together again unless you have the votes to play. If not, he should just say it’s not happening and we’re not doing this song and dance.

Realist in me says this whole thing is void of any leadership and Warren is spineless so he’d love to hide behind a vote vs. speaking on it himself.

Nihilist in me says this is all meaningless and nothing matters.
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gmen6981 said:
Even if the conference ends up playing in some fashion, and everything goes well, can Warren survive this shitshow with any credibility?
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Good question. I won’t say everything is forgiven but I might be slightly less likely to boo the hell out of him at every Big Ten Championship if the Buckeyes play football like every other top school in the country (sorry Pac12).

Not forgiven and not forgotten. He showed who he is the last few months. But...I can get over a lot once the Bucks take the field. All I care about.
 
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Also, there’s this. Momentum says this is going to happen.

I had it as a 9-game schedule with a bye week and 12/19 Champ...if they could have announced last week and start 10/10. These “leaders” messed around for too long and cost a week but I’ll take this plan.

 
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OHSportsFan said:
Good question. I won’t say everything is forgiven but I might be slightly less likely to boo the hell out of him at every Big Ten Championship if the Buckeyes play football like every other top school in the country (sorry Pac12).

Not forgiven and not forgotten. He showed who he is the last few months. But...I can get over a lot once the Bucks take the field. All I care about.
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No joke, last night I was thinking of what it will sound like in Lucas Oil the next time he hands Day the trophy...
 
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