As news and rumors continue to circulate about the potential cancellation of the college football season, a wave of pushback and support for a season has been overwhelming and swift.
Not only have college football players (including those from Ohio State) across the country banded together with a #WeWantToPlay movement, but media members and other loud voices in the sporting world have questioned why now?
And at Ohio State, even the players’ parents have gotten into the act with a letter of support for playing this fall. Many of the parents of the student-athletes on the football team have taken to Twitter in a large and unified voice of support for their sons. It comes from the Football Parents Association at Ohio State and expresses confidence in the testing and protocols put in place at the University.
It goes on to state a level of understood risk, but one to one of the most healthy groups in the country, and one the parents are willing to take.
Here’s a copy of the letter shared to Twitter by Master Teague’s father, Dr. Corey M. Teague. The full transcript of the letter also appears on the next page.
#IWantASeason #LetThemPlay pic.twitter.com/7s0wR7YVDO
— Dr. Corey M. Teague (@DrCoreyMTeague) August 9, 2020