Greg McElroy says he thinks Big Ten made decision 'months ago' to cancel season
Last week, the Big Ten announced its 2020 schedule for football, which was set to be a 10-game, conference-only campaign.
Then, on Tuesday, the league decided instead to cancel the football season (as well as other fall sports) with the potential to play in the spring.
On “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Tuesday, SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy said he thinks the Big Ten and commissioner Kevin Warren actually made the decision to cancel the season a long time ago:
–@GregMcElroy believes the Big Ten's decision to postpone its season was made long before this week. "You announced your schedule last week. Tell us what’s changed. The fact that (Kevin Warren) couldn’t provide us with an answer tells us they made this decision months ago.”
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) August 11, 2020
Both the Big Ten and Pac-12 have cited medical experts and their reports as reasons for postponing the season, but it’s clear McElroy isn’t buying that narrative.
Will we get any more-detailed answers? Only time will tell.
100% agree. There is something much deeper than the presidents of the colleges just in the last two days making a snap decision. It’s not just about the student-athletes health and liabilities. No explanation is a coward way out.
There may indeed be something to this. I was shocked the other day when the PAC medical professional said they didn’t even have a testing system set up yet. That gives credence to the claim that they had no real intention of playing.
Thank you for your service. And, as Coach Malzahn would say, Boom!
Warren doesn’t make any decisions, the presidents do. Greg McElroy is a fool.
Then the presidents are fools. Why put out a schedule one week and cancel the season the next with no new information. The Big 10 looks like idiots to anyone not playing the political game.
Mr. McElroy is spot on…great assessment!
To me, AND if i’m a player, coach, or college president, I want to know if i’m as safe as the general public. I think we know that compliance among the general public is less monitored and structured and THEREFORE THE PUBLIC IS LESS SAFE. The way to be more safe is to always be around people who are socially distancing, tested, and disciplined. Sounds like a modern football team to me. The public just needs to be more aware what coaches are capable of teaching their athletes. I’d personally like some coaches to get hold of the people I have to deal with every
day and install some modern sense in them. The NCAA has wisely allowed football teams to be large groups of young men, about 3-4 deep in every position. Many of us can remember those early days on a football team when we go called into action due to upperclassmen leaving a job undone. Those were days of excitement and opportunity we don’t forget.