Rosemont, Ill. — The Big Ten is “moving in the right direction” regarding consistent injury protocol and player safety, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said.
Manuel spoke during the conference’s spring meetings Tuesday and was asked about player safety after Wolverines quarterback Wilton Speight suffered three fractured vertebrae late in the first quarter last September during a game at Purdue. Speight’s parents described the care their son received that day as a “train wreck” and later in the season coach Jim Harbaugh said the Big Ten needed to address the issue.
“We did have a great conversation about that,” Manuel said.