On Tuesday, state political leaders from across the Midwest sent a letter to the Big Ten Conference expressing concern over the decision to postpone the fall football season and asking it to reconsider. It was yet another pressure point to the conference’s decision that many have been extremely critical of. Not because of why it was done, but because of how the process was handled and the lack of transparency then through today.
Despite all of the questions and secrecy involved, Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren and the conference have been relatively quiet in response to most of the critiquing and sideways glances.
In this case though, the B1G actually released a statement in response to the letter, and thanks to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, we’re able to share it with you if you haven’t already seen it.
Statement from #B1G in response to the letter from 10 political leaders from six states asking that the league reverses its decision to postpone the fall football season. pic.twitter.com/ElIvzMlI3m
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) September 9, 2020
Basically, all this statement does is acknowledge that the letter was received and noticed. We’ll continue to wait and see what other drama surfaces over the next few days, and if there is indeed some sort of re-vote that occurs this weekend or early next as has been reported (again).
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