When Randy Wade saw the petition Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields created Sunday in an effort to convince the Big Ten to reinstate its 2020 football season, Wade decided he needed to find a way to take action himself.
Wade had signed Fields’ petition, which now has over 260,000 signatures. He shared the letter sent to Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren by Football Parents at Ohio State which also called on the conference to reconsider its decision.
But he decided that wasn’t enough.
So on Monday night, Wade booked a flight from his home state to Florida to Chicago, where he’ll arrive on Thursday with plans to lead what he called a “peaceful show of force” outside the Big Ten’s headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois, at 8 a.