A letter to Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, signed through 10 prominent Republican lawmakers from Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, led by Michigan House Of Representatives President Lee Chatfield, suggested that the convention reconsider its position on postponing fall sports. , adding football, to spring.
“Big Ten’s current leadership is the wrong selection for the conference, for the universities in our region, and, worst of all, for thousands of our local academics,” Chatfield wrote in the sealed letter on Tuesday. “I also know how the restart of football and other fall sports is supported by coaches, players, parents and many other people who have contacted our offices to call for change. The Big Ten deserve to change their course as soon as imaginable and do everything they can to help their students return to extracurricular activities safely.
Other signatories come with Michigan Senate Leader Mike Shirkey, Iowa Senate President Pat Grassley, Iowa Senate Leader Jack Whitver, Minnesota House Republican Leader Kurt Daudt, Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, Ohio Senate Leader Matt Huffman, Array Pennsylvania President Cutler , the president of Wisconsin. Robin Vos and Wisconsin Senate Leader Scott Fitzgerald. The 10 are Republicans
In August, Big Ten University presidents voted 11-3 in favor of postponing fall sports, Michigan, and Michigan voted for it, and Iowa, Nebraska, and Ohio opposed it.
The new coronavirus instances fit mainly into Iowa, where there are an average of 168 new instances consisting of 100,000 inhabitants in more than seven days, the third rate in average États-Unis. La instances over seven days in the state has increased 29% of the average two weeks ago. Big Ten, Illinois and Wisconsin have also been around lately with more than 15 new cases corresponding to 100,000 people, according to Times figures.
Last week, President Trump tweeted about talking to Warren about bringing big ten football in the fall, saying talks were “on the subway line. “Subsequently, the Big Ten issued a saying: “The Conference of the Big Ten and its Working Group on Return to Competition, on behalf of the Council of the Ten Great Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C), is exhausting all resources to help student-athletes return to the sports they love, at the right time, in the safest way. and the healthiest way possible.
Shlomo Sprung is a senior editor of Forbes SportsMoney, is a feature film editor at Awful Announcing and writes at FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and
Shlomo Sprung is a senior editor of Forbes SportsMoney. He is also a feature film editor for Awful Announcing and writes for FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and other publications. He graduated in 2011 from Columbia University School of Journalism and has worked for the New York Knicks, Business Insider, Sporting News and Major League Baseball in the past. You follow him on Twitter.