Multiple reports have surfaced that there is no Big Ten revote Friday. Meanwhile, crickets from the Big Ten.

There appears to be no re-vote taking place on Friday for the return of Big Ten football. Meanwhile, conference officials remain mum. Hello?

Bigfoot, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and mermaids might be easier to locate than discerning what the Big Ten is doing these days. It’s been a bumbling, fumbling mess from the get-go, and somehow the league refuses to learn any lessons from the shenanigans of the past and allows each step to be handled as the calendar continues to flip more towards the abyss.

We don’t know if actual reports of a rumored Friday re-vote on the potential of the Big Ten playing football in the fall was a real thing or not, but it came from some historically reputable sources and outlets. There’s usually legs on a story when that happens.

But as we let the sands of the hourglass continue to sift through the day Friday, there’s been no word on that much-anticipated re-vote as the college football world watches.

On the contrary, there have been a couple of reports that lend credence to no meeting, and therefore no casting of a vote that would emancipate teams, coaches, and players sitting on the sideline waiting on next steps.

This morning, Kaleb Henry, sports director at Lincoln’s KLIN radio, reported that Nebraska President Ted Carter and Chancellor Ronnie Green both said there was not a Big Ten meeting today at all. It came from a panel discussion already on the books.

Okay?

One report is one thing, but then we witnessed a couple of more flares sent up. One came from Clay Hall from the ABC affiliate in Columbus citing unnamed sources confirming they were not aware of any vote taking place today either.

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And, finally, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told the athletic board that medical officials are still piecing things together to even prepare to put a proposal together for the league’s Presidents and Chancellors to vote on.

At this point, it sounds like we’re where we were before the day started, and before the date of August 11. There is no Big Ten football announcement seemingly pending today to allow for football in the fall, or even this weekend as it sounds. Unless that is, you think proposals built on medical advice and data can be put together faster than a weekend trip to your local theme park.

But where is the Big Ten in all of this? With all these rumors circulating, and with speculation and criticism abounding, why does league Commissioner Kevin Warren and other officials continue to remain silent?

Simply ignoring rumors and so-called leaked messaging has only tarnished the Big Ten’s brand so far, and continuing to sit idly by while the big elephant in the room thrashes about and breaks all the China isn’t going to do anything to pull that back.

Leadership often means speaking up when you don’t want to so that you can get a desirable outcome — rumors or not. It’s almost never the right move to sit back and watch chaos unfold like what we’ve seen since the decision was made, criticized, protested, and more.

But alas, that seems to be the Big Ten’s way in the midst of a global pandemic when everyone yearns for answers because of the impact it has on so many. Instead, we get more silence.

So, we’ll continue to wait while there’s no plan being put forth, no real communication that means anything, and only infighting and quotes from administrators and officials that clearly aren’t on the same page. We’re not making the news, we’re just reporting on it.

Meanwhile, it sounds like there’s more waiting to do as the conference continues to burn.

 

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