The Commissioners of the Power Five convention met Sunday to discuss the development of fear about whether a school football season can be played on a pandemic, and players turned to social media to urge leaders to let them play.
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said no resolution had been taken about the season, but admitted that the outlook had improved.
“Are we in a better position than we did two weeks ago?” He said. “We’re not.”
Bowlsby cited “growing evidence and developing knowledge set on myocarditis.”
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the center and has been discovered in some patients with COVID-19. It is feared that this is a long-term complication of the contraction of the virus, even in young and healthy people, an organization that has sometimes moved away from severe cardiovascular symptoms.
Also on Sunday night, the rectors of the universities and the ten great rectors had an unscheduled assembly, the Associated Press told the associated user familiar with the assembly. The user spoke under anonymity because the assembly was not announced through the conference.
The last call to primary school football to be played this season is in the hands of the rectors of the universities overseeing the most important conferences.
All this activity occurs one day after the Mid-American Conference, the first of the 10 most sensible leagues in Division I school football to cancel fall sports due to considerations on how to prevent athletes from contracting and spreading COVID-19.
The RESOLUTION of the MAC came less than a month before the first scheduled games and raised questions about whether they could follow other meetings.
Also on Saturday, the Big Ten slowed down to the season, and said their groups would be allowed to begin full touch tests to more ice. The Big Ten season is expected to begin on Labor Day weekend.
Meanwhile, the school’s football players flocked to social media on Sunday to push for the season to continue, led by Clemson’s quarterback Trevor Lawrence, with a series of tweets.
“People are so, if not more, risky, if we don’t play,” Lawrence tweeted. “All players will be sent home in their own communities where social estrangement is highly unlikely and medical care and expenses will be borne by the families they hire with Covid.”
Pat Freiermuth, a closed wing of Penn State, had a message.
“Since day one coming back to campus the Penn State Football staff and medical experts have put our health and safety first, above anything else,” he tweeted. “The guidelines put into place keep us safe while playing the game we love. We are ready to play and we want to play.”
Others tweeted with the hashtag #WeWantToPlay.
Parents of Ohio State football players also spoke, releasing a letter saying they were confident in the college plan to keep their children safe.
“We, the organization of this age, represent some of the healthiest people, although we recognize that the threat cannot be eliminated, we the threat is minimal and the season can be carried out safely and guilty,” wrote the Ohio State Football Parents Association. .
Notre Dame’s sporting director, Jack Swarbrick, said he heard the same thing about Irish football players Fighting. Notre Dame has only had two COVID-19 cases since examining the athletes.
“I’ve been with our boys and they think it’s safe and they need to check to play,” Swarbrick said. “If we replace the course, we will be better able to explain why our student-athletes. They’ll need to know why.
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