Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch
The Big Ten is thinking about several domes as sites for a potential winter 2021 football season, The Dispatch has actually discovered.
Amanda Babb, the president of the Ohio State football moms and dads group, stated in an interview Wednesday that she had actually heard that indoor stadiums in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis and possibly even Syracuse, New York, were under consideration.
Later Wednesday, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith validated that, texting “Yes and others” when asked about those possible websites. He decreased to add information.
Since of the coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten revealed on Aug. 11 that it would not play fall sports. The conference stated it would pursue the possibility of an early 2021 season, though it offered no details.
In an Aug. 19 statement, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren stated a job force for a winter/spring season would be formed. It consisted of brand-new Ohio State president Dr. Kristina Johnson.
Ohio State coach Ryan Day has actually been a singing supporter of a winter season replacement season starting in early January, rather than one that begins in the spring. The later the season, the less time there would be in between that and the routine fall season.
Its also more most likely that more star OSU gamers would play in a season that began in January than in the spring. The NFL draft is scheduled for April, and its extremely possible that top pro prospects would choose to get ready for the draft than play a spring college season.
Playing in domes would get rid of one of the major issues for having a winter, specifically in northern-most Big Ten schools such as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Aug 26, 2020 at 2:17 PM.
