Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, took to the airwaves on ESPN Radio to discuss the conference’s watershed decision to shift their fall sports schedule to the spring on Sunday afternoon, making an appearance on “Sunday Morning” with Myron Metcalf and Matt Schick.
Steinbrecher once again reiterated the decision was based on player safety, and said that at this time there are “simply too many unknowns with the virus,” including concerns about short-and-long term cardiac issues for those who contract the illness, which affected the conference’s opinion on playing a fall season.
“When we play sports, when we send our sons and daughters out there—whatever the sport is—you kind of know what the risks are,” Steinbrecher opined.