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The Big Ten has spoken. The parents of some Big Ten student athletes are talking about it.
Through Heather Dinich of ESPN.com, parents of football players at Iowa and Ohio State want to consider the decision of the conference.
Corey Teague, the father of Ohio State who runs Master Teague III, told ESPN.com: “It’s not acceptable. It’s something that needs more explanation, because if you go in a certain direction and change days later, and no one has talked to anyone else, and players were not able to be involved in this decision, and the protocols that they were instituted by Ohio State were very successful. It’s sad and I do not know if it’s short sighted, lack of leadership, but it’s definitely something that needs to be achieved and more dialogue needs to happen. It’s just a very sloppy situation, and we want to clean it up. ”
Kristina Miller, mother of offensive lineman Harry Miller of Ohio State, complained about the lack of information to parents and players.
“There was no communication, no transparency, nothing to say what has changed in the last five days that we give you your schedule and we will cancel the season within five days,” Katrina Miller told ESPN.com. “There has been nothing.”
The lack of good communication with the players’ parents is not surprising, given the general lack of planning and / or proactive action in the months leading up to the sudden but irreversible decision to delay the season from autumn to spring – if it can even happen in the spring.
Katrina Miller argued that schools that want to play should be allowed to play, and that teams that do not want to play should not play.
“We’re on a different level from Rutgers and Maryland,” she told ESPN.com. ‘I mean that does not sound pompous, it’s just. Our boys want to play. They want to play and they should have the opportunity to play if they want to. They should not be subject to this vote, yes or no. Now, if you do not want to play, choose. Choose your team. Let the six teams that want to play play. ”
Amanda Babb, stepmother of Ohio State receiver Kamryn Babb, raised a question that has been largely overlooked to this day by the decision to play in the spring: 2021 would then include two full football seasons.
“Playing two seasons in one calendar year will be difficult on the body, and if you really care about injuries, you have to put that time in between seasons and I just do not know that they will allow that by scoring the season in the spring. , ”Amanda Babb told ESPN.com.
That is an issue that will definitely become more important if / when spring football becomes a reality. The scoring of the season in the spring currently feels like an initial step towards scoring until the very end of 2021.
True, what will be different in January? In theory, enough Americans could take the situation seriously enough to bring the pandemic under control in the same way that it has been brought under control in other countries.
In theory. As a practical matter, what will be different in January?
