As Big Ten coaches and athletic directors discuss the idea of the conference starting its 2020 football season in late November — President Donald Trump is giving them motivation to make it happen sooner rather than later.
Trump tweeted Friday that he wanted the Big Ten and other conferences that postponed their seasons to play “now.”
Back on Aug. 11, the Big Ten became the first power-five conference to announce they would not have a season in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the Big Ten was the only conference Trump named specifically in his tweet, it’s one of four conferences at the top level of college football with a postponed fall sports season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Pac-12 have also postponed their fall sports seasons.
It remains unclear what Trump is referring to when he says the Democrats don’t want football to come back.
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He also spoke about football during his rally in Manchester, NH:
