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‘BIG TEN FOOTBALL IS BACK’: Conference Reverses Course After Massive Backlash From Athletes, Fans

Tim Pearce
‘BIG TEN FOOTBALL IS BACK’: Conference Reverses Course After Massive Backlash From Athletes, Fans
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The Big Ten conference is planning to restart its fall football season in October, a win for hundreds of thousands of athletes, parents, and fans who pressured the conference to play.

The conference announced on Wednesday that the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted unanimously to relaunch the 2020 fall football season on the weekend of Oct. 23-24. The announcement comes after the first weekend of college football games for those conferences that decided against canceling the season.

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