SEC's Saban mocks Big Ten/Pac-12 spring 'JV season'

[Counselor706]

Alabama coach Nick Saban questioned the viability of a spring football season during his appearance on ESPN's Get Up on Tuesday, asking whether pro prospects would even consider participating.

"I think one of the real consequences of this is, if you're a junior or a senior and you have an NFL grade, are you going to play in the spring?" Saban said. "Or is that going to become sort of a JV season with a lot of these juniors and seniors opting out?"

A week ago, the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced that they would postpone all fall sports during the coronavirus pandemic, with the hope of playing football in the spring.

The SEC, ACC and Big 12 all have plans to start their seasons in late September.

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[Lazaran]

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Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face with Covid.

What a smart idea to have mass gatherings of unmasked cheering and screaming people in the fall when Covid is likely to really spike again, and Flu season will be ramping up.

Saban must have CTE if he's advocating for football this fall without an effective vaccine having been widely distributed and administered.

Side note: Those who have had Covid recently and have survived but suffered lung damage will be MORE susceptible to other respiratory illnesses in the future.

 

[schism666]

after getting tubthumped in the title game last year, i',m sure saban is chapped about a lot of shit.

 

[Counselor706]

Randy Wade and other parents of Big Ten college football players want answers about why the league postponed the fall football season so early. They're going directly to the source.

Wade, the father of Ohio State star defensive back Shaun Wade, is planning to visit Big Ten headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois, on Friday morning. He's flying to Chicago on Thursday from Florida and expects other parents of Big Ten players to join him and seek specifics from league commissioner Kevin Warren.

"How many petitions must there be for the Big Ten to actually look into this?" Wade told ESPN on Tuesday. "We only have a certain amount of time to correct this, so we need to come together and show more unity and just make them uncomfortable, make them come out of their shells and give us some answers to some questions and hopefully rewind back and open things back up."

Parents of players from Ohio State, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn State and other schools recently have written letters to Warren, asking for details about the league's decision to postpone. Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields started a #WeWantToPlay petition Sunday that has received more than 268,000 signatures. The Big Ten is aware of the petition and the letters but has yet to comment publicly or meet with the players or parents.

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