The kids want to play.
And of course they do. It’s what many of them have worked their entire lives towards to this point — the opportunity to play collegiate football and potentially do enough to make their ability into a lucrative career.
It’s also what they love. What motivates them. What gives them a chance at an education. For some, even, what feeds and houses them.
They want to play.
But it won’t be the players making the decisions in the coming hours, days, and weeks — it will be the adults; powerful people in Athletic Departments and Executive Offices across college campuses throughout the country as they weigh the risk/reward of pushing forward with a College Football season that seems doomed from the start.