With the Big Ten announcing on Wednesday that the football season will begin on October 23, originally postponed on August 11, the decision in a statement released by the league was due to having “adopted significant medical protocols” in regard to Covid-19. It was an unanimous decision by the 14 members of the Council of Presidents driven by the plan to include “daily antigen testing, enhanced cardiac screening and an enhanced data-driven approach when making decisions about practice/competition.”
“From the onset of the pandemic, our highest priority has been the health and the safety of our students.