Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State’s Justin Fields and other top high school football stars on Sunday appeared united in their stance to play the 2020 season despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Lawrence and Fields were among those who tweeted a statement under the logo of the Power 5 conferences – the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 – with the hashtags #WeAreUnited and #WeWantToPlay. Their statement included a list of requirements to ensure the season is safe for all student-athletes who decide they want to step on the football field.
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“We all want to play football this season,” the message read. Establish universal mandate for health and safety procedures and protocols to protect college athletes from COVID-19 during all NCAA-wide conferences. Give players the opportunity to make and respect their decision. Qualification guarantees whether a player chooses to play the season or not. Use our voices to create open communication and trust between players and officials; eventually forming a College Football Players Association [with] representatives of the players of all Power 5 conferences. ”
Lawrence also tweeted separate posts about the upcoming season and why he thinks student-athletes should get to play.
‘People are just as much, if not more, at risk if we don’t play. Players will all be sent home to their own communities, where social distancing is highly unlikely and medical care and expenses will be placed on the families if they contract covid19, ‘the star quarterback wrote.
‘Not to mention the players who come from situations that are not good for his / her future and have to come back to that. Football is a safe haven for so many people. We are more likely to get the virus in daily life than football. Having a season also encourages – “
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“Players are safe and take all proper precautions to try to contract covid, because the safety of the season / teammates is on the line. Without the season, as we have already seen, people will not wear social distance or masks and take the appropriate precautions. “
Other top-school football stars followed.
It is unclear what the Power 5 conferences are thinking regarding the 2020 season. Each conference has already created an in-conference schedule for each team to limit travel around the country. The ACC has included Notre Dame itself in the scheme process.
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Sources told ESPN that the commissioners met on Sunday to discuss the possibility of not playing football in the fall. In the end, however, no decisions were made. Big ten presidents are apparently ready to nibble on college football and wanted to see if other conferences felt the same way.
The Mid-American Conference was the first Conference Bowl Subdivision conference to shift fall sports to spring.
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“Nobody has talked about a plan when the season is canceled,” West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons, who chairs the Football Oversight Committee, told ESPN. “If it is canceled, we should be able to give clear direction at that moment, as opposed to saying, ‘We do not know.'”
