- August 10th, 2020, 11:58 am
#605976
Reports are coming out that only Nebraska and Iowa voted in favor of playing an d supposedly the B1G and PAC12 are going to cancel tomorrow. There appears to be some political blow back as supposedly Senator Sasse wrote letters to the B1G Presidents urging them to play. Clay Travis also tweeted that FL. Gov. DeSantis is urging the SEC and SEC to play regardless of the B1G's decision.
From what I've read the MAC's decision (and most of FCS) was based on costs related to the Rona tests. Message Boards are saying the biggest issues for the MAC and B1G was political pressure, especially in MI and IL. MI and IL having 2 of the most liberal moronic Governors, that doesn't surprise me in an election year. According to more press accounts on Twitter, the B1g's decision has to do with the kids unionizing and their wanting more time to handle that.
Like Ballcoach and I have said before, the NCAA failed big time with football and fall sports. Since they cancelled the basketball tournaments and spring sports, they had ample time to get the conferences and schools on board with a unified approach to this. Rather than leaving it up to conferences to do their own thing and cause division. They should've had the ability to jsut delay the seasons all together. To me, pushing the seasons back week by week, even to the point of having the season begin in the fall semester and finish in the spring, like basketball was a better approach that still left the spring ball idea on the table. Hopefully they won't blow it with the kids organizing either. The simple answer is if you want to organize and demand money, kiss your scholarships good bye. There are plenty of D2, D3 & NAIA athletes that would love the opportunity for a full ride at the FBS level.
We'll see what happens , and if it happens, what Spring ball looks like. But no matter how this season turns out, I think we're going to see some major realignment in the FBS due to the various conference decisions and money issues.