Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is among several higher-profile college footballers posting on social media that they want to play this season.
Lawrence tweeted on Sunday: “Let’s work together to create a situation where we can play the game we all love. Do not divide and argue. There is a way forward.”
Lawrence posted a separate tweet with the hashtag #WeWantToPlay. North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell posted the same hashtag tweet.
Another longer Lawrence tweet read in part: “People are just as much, if not more, risked if we do not gamble. Players will all be sent home to their own communities, where social distance is highly unlikely and medical care and expenses will be placed on the families if they would contract covid19. “
Justin Fields, Ohio State quarterback, reflected Lawrence’s feelings on Sunday. Fields, who like Lawrence would project as one of the top picks in the 2021 NFL draft, even if he does not play another college football game tweeted: “Too much work has been done! #WeWantToPlay”
ESPN reported that the commissioners of the Power 5 conferences will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday, as there is growing concern among high school officials that it will not be possible to play the upcoming football season and other bankrupt sports due to the pandemic of coronavirus.
On Saturday, Lawrence tweeted, “I do not know about you, but we want to play.”
Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford posted a hashtag tweet that read #IWantToPlay on Saturday, and linebacker Tuf Borland, Ohio State, wrote a letter to the “college athletics community” on his Twitter feed.
“It has been said that university athletes are ‘not exploited’ not only in the stated letter but also in the media,” Borland wrote. “We recognize that there are risks. But we have all chosen to be here and want to have the opportunity to play this fall. We know there is still a long way to go because plans change every day. But we have a consistent voice in the discussion. “
Alders of today’s Ohio State players have been circulating a letter on social media that says they rely on the safety protocols the school has put in place and want their student-athletes to play this season.
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