Big Ten reportedly denies CFB Players Association request to attend Media Days
By Adam Spencer
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Big Ten Media Days are set for next week in Indianapolis, with plenty of topics on the table for commissioner Kevin Warren and the coaches.
Among them? The College Football Players Association, which started its first campus chapter at Penn State on Friday.
Now, according to a report from On3 Sports, the CFBPA won’t be allowed to attend Media Days after originally receiving permission:
The executive director and founder of the CFBPA Jason Stahl told On3 on Friday afternoon that he held an hour-long conversation with Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren last week. The conversation resulted in the association’s invitation to media days for further discussions.
Yet, in an email Saturday night to Stahl, obtained by On3, senior vice president of communications for the Big Ten Jon Schwartz said the conference will “not be able to accommodate the CFBPA’s request to attendance in Indianapolis.”
“A primary goal of media days is to highlight student-athletes’ accomplishments as well as to kick-off the 2022 football season. In light of the media coverage yesterday, we believe attendance by CFBPA representatives at this event would distract from our student-athletes and this goal.”
Will the Big Ten reverse course on this decision after the news became public? We’ll see what happens in the next couple of days ahead of B1G Media Days.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
