The Big Ten presidents on Wednesday reversed their course from August, when they postponed all Fall sports. Here's what it will look like now with a modified Fall schedule.
The Big Ten Conference this week looked like a team that appeared to have lost a football game, but miraculously got the ball back and kicked a last-second field goal for the win. That's what it felt like when the conference reversed its course and voted to play sports this Fall.
Only last month, the presidents and chancellors from the 14-team league voted 11-3 to postpone all Fall sports until the spring. Not long after, the Pac-12 postponed its athletics schedules. However, the ACC, Big 12 and SEC went forward with Fall schedules, including football—with fans in the stadiums.
The Big Ten on Wednesday unanimously voted to kickoff its season on the weekend of October 24. The teams will try to play eight conference games in eight weeks, culminating with a conference championship game on Dec. 19. That will allow the conference to declare a champion by the Dec. 20 selection for the College Football Playoff.
The Big Ten will have rapid testing for COVID-19 at all 14 campuses, which will begin Sept. 30. Players who test positive for the virus will have to wait 21 days before returning to competition.There had been outside pressure on the Big Ten schools to get the season ramped back up. First, there was pressure from players, coaches and athletic directors in the conference. Secondly, there are other major conferences that have begun play.
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