The Big Ten Conference might reverse its decision to cancel the 2020 football season amid “pressure from parents, players and some schools,” according to a leading collegiate football reporter.
“An attorney I respect who long worked inside college football programs predicts that the pressure from parents, players and some schools will result in Big Ten reconsidering its cancellation of fall sports. COVID-19 might force re-cancellation but expects a second chance,” Rabinowitz, who covers Ohio State football for the Columbus Dispatch, tweeted on Tuesday.
“The lawyer - not Tom Mars - said if waiver liability is, well, waived, that would be a big development. The new saliva-based COVID-19 test also could be a big step toward a second look,” Rabinowitz wrote.
Tom Mars previously represented Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, who recently started a petition to reinstate the fall football season that has been signed by over 270,000 people as of Tuesday.
Fields wrote in the petition that he and the other players think that "the safety protocols have been established and can be maintained to mitigate concerns of exposure to Covid 19. We believe that we should have the right to make decisions about what is best for our health and our future.”
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