As the Big Ten Conference announced it will play football this fall, President Trump took to Twitter to praise the decision and take credit for making it happen. However, a Big Ten university president told NBC News that the president had “nothing to do” with the decision and that “no one wanted this to be political.” Aired on 9/16/2020.
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Big Ten University President Says Football Return Has 'Nothing To Do' With Trump | MSNBC
This will most likely fail.
MSNBC IS FAKE NEWS.
Are you voting for Jo & Ho?
??? It is likely an experiment (plastic on helmets) to see if the pros can reopen — wonder who (?NFL?) made a donation? ???
Nah not everything fails like your life and career
Yes lets have more super virus spreaders.
I bet riots are okay for you
I bet you are voting for Jo & Ho
Of course not ,it has to do with money. They can always get new players. This is America after all.
MSNBC IS FAKE NEWS.
Idiots, narcissists, racists & pathological liars there’s a reason Trump is our representative. He didn’t make these things things these things made him.
I live in a big ten state, Ohio, and for most of our state it isnt safe for our kids to go to school but we find it essential to start football back because our campus resturants and bars, super spreder locations btw, are struggling… what since does that make
I hope the players update their wills.
The players are unlikely to die, just acquire heart damage and murder innocent strangers.
Insanity.
💚🔞🌹💟👌
Toxic Trump on April 13/20 to Bob Woodford: “This thing is a killer if it get you, If you’re the wrong person you don’t have a chance”…”so this rips you apart, it is the plague”. Yet, he’s still telling Americans it’s no worse than the flu and that it is going away.
So societies values reflect the fact that sports is more precious than life – got it.
@David Hale my God, you do love twisting, or reading, or twisting, what I post to make it a controversy dont you. Sad that. And by the way I’m not a Democratic. And although my grandparents were Americans as were my great, and great great grandparents, I am not. I’m a Canadian, with many American relatives.
Ben Younger you flip flop. So it’s not hard to misunderstand you. But whatever.
I never said you were a democrat. But looks like your guilt got the best of you and thought that.
Don’t be scared.
@David Hale yep, I flip flop….got it. Nothing to do with your misconceptions of what I state or your reading into it what you want to for some unfathomable reason. I had a few , thankfully, students like you back in my teaching days.
Ben Younger yep flip flop worse then Biden.
A single wedding has been linked to 176 COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths. So let’s pack ’em in at the football stadiums ….
The thing about the Maine wedding super spreader is that none of the 65 attendees have died, just seven innocent Americans. I would charge all 65 attendees with murder. That should encourage COVID compliant behavior. The decision to commit murder should not be a protected personal preference.
The stupidity is just exhausting at this point, isn’t it?
Yes let’s aren’t we smart😡😡😡😡😡😡
Even though the University presidents said this was their own decision and had nothing to do with Trump, he will scream it from the rafters that he made this happen. Just like his “Michigan Man of the Year” and “Bay of Pigs” non-existent awards. The man cannot stop lying about absolutely everything.
#trumpMUSTGONOW
Ha! If 1 player tests positive the entire team will have to quarantine for the viruses incubation period of 10 days to 2 weeks.
Which will no doubt happen within a week or so.
Befor the first game happens id be willing to bet
Funny, but about a month ago, folks in the midwest were making fun of folks in the Big XII, SEC, and ACC for moving forward with their football season.
But with Big Ten players threatening to enter the player portal to transfer out, all of a sudden, a fall season is possible. Bottom line, it is ALL about $$$$.
What a bunch of hypocrites!
Trump: Testing is the problem. BigTen: Instant testing is the solution.
MSNBC IS FAKE NEWS.
They worried about money
Here let me correct your comment……. Trump: 2020
Trump: “Let’s all pretend that the virus has gone away so I can be reelected & start the season before Nov.3”
I could magically have a baby tomorrow and trump would claim credit for it. 🙄
MSNBC IS FAKE NEWS.
If the baby died then yes they would blame him
Lol
Trump: “a good job”
The 10 universities: “no, It’s not”…
Typical babies .
It has everything to do with the money.
Big Ten football that makes the billions while the athletes get no money but they can get covid-19
If I was a parent in a college or any school that puts my child in danger I would at minimum rip my funding
Trump bashed the NFL…AFTER begging them to return. What a dummy
I hope that isn’t the worst decision they will make. 🤷♀️😢