Bashing on the Big 10 - Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

The Big 10 reminds me of Biff from Back to the Future: A big bully and an idiot. What is the Big 10 doing? Trying to tell every recruit "yes football is a violent sport. But have you seen the briefcase of that attorney? We're scared!" If you are of the mind that the Big 10 rooted its decision in the findings of the medical and scientific communities, let me remind you - they cancelled football ... and track. Seriously Big 10, you can figure out how to gas your car safely but you can't figure out how to sanitize a shot-put? 

 

But it's not enough that the Big 10 is scared of lawyers, the Big 10 is also the neighborhood bully. I might be able to excuse their decision as being protective of their NY (Rutgers) and Chicago (Northwestern) area universities. But the Big 10 also is comprised of rural areas such as Nebraska and Iowa. Why should the Big 10 cripple the economies of places like Lincoln and Iowa City because of the impact of the virus on huge metro areas? But, like Biff, the Big 10 bullied Nebraska and said if we cant play football as a conference, then you can't play either. Thanks Biff!

So what did the Big 10's "I'm afraid of lawyers so let's just cancel all sports" and their "If we can't play no one can play" get them? A lawsuit. Somewhere, Alanis Morissette is smiling.