Ohio State football: Big Ten will try to play football in the Spring

Ohio State coaches and players tried their best to get the Big Ten to change their decision, but in the end it wasn’t enough.

Stop if you’ve heard this before: the Big Ten is canceling their football season. We told you what the report was yesterday, but now it seems official. Multiple sources are reporting now that football is postponed and they will try to play it in the Spring.

This is a very dumb idea for multiple reasons. First, the top players at each program are going to sit out. There is no reason for them to risk injury when they will be a top pick in the NFL Draft. Say goodbye to Justin Fields, Shaun Wade, Wyatt Davis, and Chris Olave.

Secondly, this doesn’t make the players safer. Forcing kids to play two seasons in six months just puts more strain on their bodies and makes them more susceptible to injury. It doesn’t make any sense for them to put players at unnecessary risk.

Lastly, this doesn’t make any sense to do unless other conferences are going to do the same. If the ACC, Big 12, and SEC are all going to play in the Fall, what’s the point of playing at all? You have no shot for a national championship. There won’t be any continuity to the two seasons at all.

How are you going to handle roster numbers? Will players be forced to lose their scholarships because programs have too many players if they enroll early? There are so many questions that the Big Ten hasn’t answered. I’d be surprised if they even thought of them at this point.

The lack of leadership that Kevin Warren, the Big Ten commissioner, has shown through this is appaling. The university presidents also haven’t thought this through well at all. They are the ones ultimately making the decision, but I think they did it without considering any of this.

Either way, Ohio State football won’t be happening this Fall, and that stinks more than anything.