As conferences and schools around the country are making the tough decision to cancel and postpone the 2020 college football season, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is labeling the season "essential."
Reeves posted on Twitter Tuesday Tuesday describing college football as "essential" and calling the push to cancel the 2020 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic "foolish." Reeves added in a follow-up tweet that he thinks the way to play college football this year is to mitigate risk by limiting crowd sizes and letting the players play.
At his press briefing later Tuesday afternoon, Reeves further clarified his tweets.