“I saw the ad and that’s actually what got me into gear,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that it was a television ad aired by his presidential election opponent that spurred his successful intervention in the Big Ten's decision to restart its college football season.
“I saw the ad and that’s actually what got me into gear,” Trump said, arguing that he felt the ad insinuated that he didn’t care about whether college football was played this fall. After public pressure from Trump, other Republicans, athletes, parents and fans, the conference reversed course on Wednesday, leading to Trump’s victory lap on Travis’ show. The Pac-12 Conference, which consists of 12 schools in Western states, similarly postponed its fall sports season, though the governors of California and Oregon on Wednesday appeared to pave the way for a reversal on that decision as well.
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