Make CFB great again: President Trump joins the #WeWantToPlay movement
College football players united late Sunday night with the #WeWantToPlay movement, and it became the top-trending hashtag in America.
Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State’s Justin Fields, Alabama’s Najee Harris and others met via Zoom Sunday night to make a last-ditch effort to save the college football season. The result was a graphic shared by Lawrence late Sunday night, and it could have helped save a college football season for some conferences.
On Monday morning, reports that the Big Ten was canceling the football season were rampant, and the Pac-12 is expected to make the same decision. That would leave the SEC, ACC and Big 12 to hopefully unite to have some sort of season, assuming the other 2 cancel. The SEC is standing firm with an intent to play the season, but it will likely need some help from the other 2.
The players #WeWantToPlay movement gave a glimmer of hope that the college football season could happen. Multiple administrators, coaches and politicians have backed the players’ desire to participate in the 2020 season, despite COVID-19 concerns.
However, the biggest backing of all came Monday afternoon when President Donald Trump endorsed the #WeWantToPlay movement.
The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled. #WeWantToPlay https://t.co/lI3CCKZ4ID
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2020
The players could ultimately help save the season, but even the players would need help from decision-makers. President Trump’s endorsement is a big one for the sport.
Oh boy, here’s where it gets totally politicized.♂️
This should be between the players, coaches, and ADs. Keep politics out of it.
So you don’t want people in politics support playing college football?
Covid has been politically weaponized for a while now by one side. The players want to play but the presidents are spineless and the lawyers fear a stampede of ambulance chasers if there is 1 positive test.
“Covid has been politically weaponized for a while now by one side”
You can’t be serious
@ UGADAWG78: I wish more fans on this site had your perspective. Glad to know I’m not alone.
For anyone who insists that the nation’s issues with COVID-19 are a result of its politicization by democrats and liberals:
– Please look for reliable, non-partisan information.
– It’s best to quit watching Fox News. Try NPR instead.
– Consider that people can support holding a college football season in the fall (specifically a season that is based on safety and allows student-athletes to opt out without losing scholarships/eligibility) and not support the current President (and his gross mismanagement of the pandemic). These things are not mutually exclusive.
So you don’t think NPR has a political slant to it? Good stuff.
@FloridaAlum
DumbDawg is a snowflake liberal wheenie but don’t worry you and him are not alone by any means, that’s part of the reason we are living in this upside down world.
But that’s besides the point, I agree with you to seek non partisan, reliable info although it’s hard to be non partisan. In that vein NPR is very partisan so you are going against your own advice. FOX leans to the right for the most part but does have some left wing guests and commentators while CNN, MSDNC and all the other broadcast networks are merely a propaganda arm of the DNC.
I do agree with your last point until the “gross mismanagement of the pandemic bit” where you revert to the DNC talking points.
We should be able to play football safely
LOL Nut Sack makes an appearance. So NPR is “very partisan” and I’m the snowflake..lol you can’t make this stuff up.
“FOX leans to the right for the most part but does have some left wing guests and commentators while CNN, MSDNC and all the other broadcast networks are merely a propaganda arm of the DNC”
CNN literally employed Trump’s new press secretary the entire 2016 election cycle.
Listen DumbDawg, I tried to stay away from the politics but you have to respond at some point when Morons like you keep spouting the same non sense over and over.
CNN was caught feeding debate questions to the Clinton campaign prior to the 2016 debates among other things. You have to be deaf and dumb not to realize they are 100% one sided
Just don’t even try to argue with the liberals. It’s literally like explaining reasoning to a wall, which I think a wall may have more knowledge. I’m not far right nor far left but both have their loonie crowd.
They are…so is Fox
Oh joy Nut Sack and BlackandGold. The two stooges.
Rather be a stooge than a hypocritical snowflake who thinks a mask will save his life like yourself.
There you go showing reading comprehension skills again. I’ve said MANY times the mask is to stop the spread not protect the wearer. I swear it’s like you’re getting dumber every minute.
Are you sure about that? What’s your source? Fauci? CDC? Twitter?
All of the above. Plus every medical professional on the planet.
What’s your source masks don’t work? The crazy lady that said demons are impregnating women in their sleep and we are creating a vaccine to steer people away from Christianity?
Oh good, it’s nice you put your faith in doctors who have no clue what to do. Makes sense. Fauci changes his mind and flip flops. CDC has no clue and is shooting from the hip (sorry didn’t mean to put a gun reference in here, I know that’s uncomfortable), Medical Professionals are in the dark and rely on the above. So yeah, not a good argument there.
So don’t believe the CDC, don’t believe doctors, don’t believe medical professionals, don’t believe the US’s top infectious disease specialist but believe an idiot on SDS that can’t comprehend simple sentences???? No thanks.
FWIW I own a gun. Granted I don’t use it and it doesn’t hold 100 rounds but I do own a gun. Majority of gun owners want sensible gun laws. It’s not a “liberal” issue.
Never said believe me. I can’t tell you who to believe, but every one of the people who you just named is not perfect and will let you down. Just keep worrying about the death toll and don’t even recognize the recovery numbers. Mourn the deaths, but don’t dwell on them. That’s the difference between a positive person and negative person like yourself
So you can only believe perfect people??? So I assume you don’t go to the doctor when you’re sick. Good luck with that.
“Sensible gun laws”. Only enlightened ones like Dawg will tell us who can own guns! Mind you, gun violence is most pervasive in cities that have passed “sensible gun laws,” but please carry on with your stupidity.
“Try NPR instead.” Hahahahahahahahahahaha. You can’t be serious. Maybe I should similarly read the New York Times and start wearing some faux lenses while I’m at it.
I can assume 2012’s screenname means graduated from UF in 2012. Real shocker he listens to NPR.
Various media bias reports rank NPR as center for printed news. I tried sharing various links to such reports but the comment is awaiting moderation for including outside urls.
@Efftheleft: 1) I’m not sure why you scream about bias when your own username clearly indicates your own.
2) if you read my comment, you’d know I didn’t recommend the New York Times, so stop conflating sources.
3) Why is it a bad thing to have graduated from a top 10 public university that is also a perennially top ranked institution for athletics (beyond just football)? I’ll wait for a rational response to that one.
4) Men aren’t the only ones who are interested in college athletics.
One side? Really?
I don’t see the “we want to play” movement saving the season. Its a much bigger issue than that and the reasons for playing or canceling will have little to do with the movement and everything to do with money and liabilities. Good to see the kids and coaches voicing support and wanting to play.
Finally, an issue worth debating!!!
A vote for Biden is a vote against college football!
It would be funny if I thought Trump was above such tactics. But I guarantee there will be an eerily similar Tweet in the near future.
“Above such tactics” coming from the side that says Republicans want dirty air and water, Republicans want to take away your grandma’s social security and electing Republicans will cause churches and crosses to burn. All despicable lies told by Dems every single election cycle
Like “they are trying to take your guns” and they “want to make your kids gay”…That kind of stuff??? MORON
I’m guessing you haven’t been paying attention because Trump just went after “grandma’s social security” in his latest executive order. Dumba$$
They do want to take the guns away DumbDawg. Demented Biden brought in Beto to be his gun guy after Beto said he was going after people’s guns. Didn’t work for Beto but Biden doesn’t remember
LOL you’re so stupid it hurts me Nut Sack.
Sorry DumbDawg but it’s on tape, Beto saying he will confiscate your guns, Biden replying Bingo to a similar question and then having Beto up on stage telling him he’s going to be put in charge of gun policy. You are the stupid one, or maybe just the blind and dumb one that doesn’t know this because CNN, MSDCN and the leftists he follows on twitter have not shown it.
If you don’t see it then it’s not true, is that the way it works for you DumbDawg
Nope that’s fake. Fact-check
Quick Take
Beto O’Rourke’s endorsement of Joe Biden has been used as fuel for misinformation about the former vice president’s gun control policy. If elected president, Biden did not say he is “coming for your guns.”
O ne story perpetuating the falsehood carries the headline: “Watch: Biden Looks Into The Camera And Promises To Take Away Americans’ Guns.”
He didn’t say that.
This is what he actually said:
“And by the way, this guy can change the face of what we’re dealing with, with regard to guns — assault weapons — with regard to dealing with climate change, and I just want — I’m warning Amy, if I win, I’m coming for him.”
So looks like you’re still the stupid one.
No you’re wrong I have seen the tape like I said. And for climate change demented Biden on board with the lunacy of AOC’s green new deal BS. Corona virus would be the least of our problems if this idiot is elected
Can’t be worse than the idiot we have now.
Of course Dawg loves MasterBeto O’Douchebag. Can we deport him to Mexico so he can live amongst his buddies?
And what is an “assault weapon,” Dawg? You have no bloody clue. He could have said he was coming after anything that wasn’t a bolt action, because that’s really what he means.
Good. Take grandma’s social security. Take care of your own grandma because I do not care.
Agree completely that this just a further polarization ploy. To drop so low as to have as an important of an office throwing their hat in with something as trivial as football certainly defaces the office. Far more important things going on as to put attention to right now then Football.
Really hoping a centrist party gets birthed out of this divide.
OK bro just like Obama got so much press filling out his March Madness bracket, but it was OK then cause he’s a Dem or maybe he didn’t have anything important to do. Playing college football represents one step closer to normalcy and the President has all the right in the world to chime in but as soon as I saw the headline I knew all the loony libs were going to come out complaining about it
Nov 3 – we’re making you go away!