https://siusalukis.com/news/2020/7/9/football-game-at-wisconsin-on-sept-12-canceled-by-big-ten.aspx
$500,000 out the window. This covid crap has got to end.
I'm not sayin' -- I'm just sayin'!
I'm wondering if that phrase in the first tweet -
"we agreed to work together regarding the resulting impact on our program.”
means we might get something from the cancellation?
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
I'm wondering if that phrase in the first tweet -
"we agreed to work together regarding the resulting impact on our program.”
means we might get something from the cancellation?
I'm guessing if SIU plays their season, they'd get something from Wisconsin for canceling. It wasn't a pandemic but Arkansas State sued Miami in 2017 when their football game got canceled due to Hurricane Irma and they ended up getting $400,000 of the $650,000 they were owed out of it.
Opinion: After a jarring 24 hours in college sports, football season is in big trouble
(OSU AD) Smith told reporters Thursday that he is “very concerned” about playing sports in the fall. “I used to be cautiously optimistic, but I’m not even there now,” he said. “When you look at the behavior of our country, in May, we were on a downward trajectory. Now if we are not the worst in the world, we are one of the worst in the world.”
How many Buckeye fans shuddered at those words even as they ran errands all day in Ohio without wearing a mask? How many Alabama fans went through their day without social distancing even once? How many Texas fans did the same?
“People need to follow the protocols and give our kids the chance to compete,” Smith said.
