Sunday, Aug. 9 is going to be a night long remembered in the college football.
The players took to Twitter and started a movement. This came in response to a decision from the Big 10 to potentially cancel its fall season, although it doesn’t mean it can’t move to the spring.
The reports started a movement we haven’t seen before. The Pac-12 had 400 players come out and make players union-like demands for this season and beyond. After the Big 10’s decision, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State’s Justin Fields led players from every power-five conference.
They started a #WeWantToPlay hashtag based on the idea that players needed representation on this decision. At least four Oklahoma players got in on the movement.
#WeWantToPlay !!!
— Spencer Rattler (@SpencerRattler) August 10, 2020
— DaShaun White (@dmw23_) August 10, 2020
I got a lot to prove 😤😤!!! #IWantToPlay
— Ronnie Perkins™ (@7avageszn) August 10, 2020
— Brian Asamoah II (@BrianAsamoah2) August 10, 2020
Oklahoma was scheduled to begin the 2020 season on Aug. 29 against Missouri State, but that has been pushed back to an unannounced date, although Sept. 5 seems likely. The Big 12 and its board of directors are set to discuss the 2020 season on Tuesday.