Michigan Football: Big Ten must swallow pride and admit mistake

College football is safely underway across America minus the Big Ten conference as Michigan football players and coaches protest to play.

The mighty stubborn Big Ten conference continues to stick to its guns, while the rest of the sport goes on like normal, even as Michigan football players and coaches protested.

The summer weather has been cooperating nicely and things have been running smoothly for the most part nationwide.

By postponing the season a month ahead of its scheduled start, the decision-makers look like they have made more problems for all involved than the correct solutions.

Guidelines are in place all over and are being adhered to by the masses who partake in attendance of the events. There hasn’t been any severely devastating news that has forced the sport to come to a complete halt either like it did in March.

That enough should send positive vibes to the higher powers that be to show them it can proceed in a healthy and safe matter.

Speculation continued this week for a restart, but nothing major came out of it yet. Until everyone can get on the same page, the wait for winter ball is becoming a real possibility.

That will also bring up massive question marks though as people will get sicker as the weather worsens. Not much good can come out of it.

Reports are out now about President Mark Schissel blocking the conference from resuming. Plus throw in the fact that Michigan and others are losing millions, upon millions of dollars.

It has already cost a handful of folks their jobs and other sports are going away presumably forever. This extremely costly decision is taking away the livelihoods of many innocent people who just want the Big Ten to play the game once again.

However, on the other side of things, the virus is knowingly dangerous. If a young person would die from it by contact through football, then god knows what would happen to an already on the brink society.

The thought of that happening is unknown and carries heavy, endless burdens. Fortunately, the likelihood of that happening seems to be slim for what is known about the virus regarding today’s youth, which is always a great sign.

The protests this weekend to let the kids play can’t hurt. Listening to the voices of those who feel as if it is safe to play has to be taken into consideration.

Doing nothing is not an option anymore. Something has to give for the Big Ten to return immediately because every other sport in the world is doing so in the safest ways imaginable and in the long run that will hurt the conference if it doesn’t.