Rather than blaming the BIG 10 commish, you need to look in your own house. In a vote of14 BIG 10 Presidents, 12 voted for no fall sports including the Purdue president. If you feel the need to blame somebody, look no further than your own University president.
I can't believe our US President would back the desires of college athletes over the thoughtful and researched decisions made by University Presidents. This was not an easy or quick decision for them to make.
BUT I'm a college QB, and I want to play!!!!!! We're saving your life kid whether you want it to be saved or not.
Doing the math, you say the mortality rate is lower than 1 %. 160,000 deaths/300,000,000 people. So at a football game, if we had 60,000 attend, that would mean only 600 fans would die per game. for a basketball game of 15,000 only 150 fans would die per game. and for a student population of 30,000, only 300 students would die. and this does not account for how many would be hospitalized.
all just so you can have your sports to bet on and watch and cmplainon sports forums about.
if you feel like complaining, . don't waste your time here. go to your University President. he's the guy who pulled the plug on your sports.
and while you complain about no football, the decree was for no Fall sports. and yes, there will be other fall sports and athletes affected. I highly doubt Cross Country will be moved to the Spring. Their sport will be most likely just cancelled. But we on this board don't care about that sport or those athletes, do we?