Big Ten Football will Resume the Weekend of October 24.
The Big Ten Conference announced yesterday, September 16, that they will be starting their football season. The league’s presidents and chairmen voted unanimously to resume the season, because of a stronger confidence in the latest medical information.
Each team in the conference will play eight games in eight weeks, which allows no room for error. The Big Ten initially was one of the two Power Five Conferences to postpone their season because of concerns of the coronavirus outbreak, and the received a lot of heat for it. However, with a task force involved and daily testing protocols taking place, the Big Ten is back and ready to play football.
I believe that this article is news worthy because of its significance with the sports world today and the colleges future. Football produces a big majority of income at most colleges and without football playing, some colleges would have to make major budget cuts.
I did not agree with the Big Ten’s initial decision to postpone the season because I believe that young college athletes would be safer in an environment where the undergo weekly testing, and have to follow the Covid guidelines. The Big Ten expected that by postponing the season, players would stay at home and do nothing, however that is completely the opposite, because when put in that situation, you cannot expect the kids not to go out with their friends or go to parties, exposing themselves to the coronavirus.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29897305/sources-big-ten-announce-october-return
You are correct about the “significance” for sports fans. The story also has a decent lead, and if you read the first three grafs you know everything you need to know.