Following the somber news of the Big Ten and PAC-12 postponing their fall sports due to COVID-19 safety concerns, a number of Georgia football players took to Twitter in an attempt to voice their opinions on playing this season.
Malik Herring, James Cook, Jamaree Salyer and Justin Shaffer were some of the Dawgs players who tweeted out the trending movement among athletes: #WeWantToPlay.
Georgia players aren’t giving up yet. They didn’t really tweet the hashtag much this weekend but tonight they’re out strong. https://t.co/lQnpv6RC2Z
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) August 11, 2020
— James Cook (@thegreat__4) August 11, 2020
‼️‼️ #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/OMpwPc0RjG
— Zamir White (@zeus1_34) August 11, 2020
It’s the season I’ve been waiting for .. #WeWantToPlay
— Jamaree Salyer ♠️ (@jamareesalyer69) August 12, 2020
#WeWantToPlay 🗣‼️‼️‼️‼️
— Justin Shaffer (@ShafferJustin54) August 12, 2020
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart supported his players stance and gave them retweets on their posts.
The 2020 college football season could be hard to salvage with two of the five Power Five conferences opting out of the season, but that isn’t stopping players from expressing themselves.