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Big 10 Cancels Football Season, No Wisconsin Football: Reports
The Big Ten released their 2020 schedule — a modified one given the COVID-19 pandemic that's continuing across the U.S.
MADISON, WI — The Wisconsin Badgers will not suit up for the 2020 fall season after the Big Ten reportedly voted to cancel the fall football season.
During his radio show Monday, Dan Patrick reported that the Big Ten's presidents voted 12-2 to cancel the upcoming football season. The lone dissenting voices came from Nebraska and Iowa, Patrick reported.
The announcement from the Big Ten officially canceling the season is expected Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reported. The Wisconsin Badger football team was scheduled to start their 2020 season with a Sept. 4 home game versus Indiana.
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The Big Ten originally scheduled an all conference schedule for its teams.
The decision to cancel the season comes amid controversy involving fall sports in America. While COVID-19 continues to spread in Wisconsin and other states, athletes past and present across the nation have started the #IWantaSeason and #WeWanttoPlay campaigns, which featured prominent Buckeyes such as Justin Fields and Shaun Wade advocating for football to be played this fall.
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I need Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packer football but the health of my fellow human beings is more important Gymbo. Obviously you feel differently.
— Zeke Bratkowski (@BratkowskiZeke) August 10, 2020
No opt in/out options? Just straight cancellation? This can’t be the only way. https://t.co/L6F6ZeaYuj
— Jonathan Taylor (@JayT23) August 10, 2020
However, other conferences have already begun pulling the plug on fall athletics. The Ivy League and Mid-American Conference canceled football earlier this year, shifting the focus to more prominent football-focused colleges, such as those in the Big Ten.
According to Dan's source, 12 of the 14 Presidents from the Big 10 have voted against having a Fall College Football season. Iowa and Nebraska were the two that have been pushing to play.
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) August 10, 2020
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