Big Ten Parents Voice Concerns In Front Of Conference Headquarters

Parents of Big Ten players descended upon conference headquarters this morning to voice their concern with how the fall football season was canceled and the lack of transparency out of commissioner Kevin Warren. Outkick's Ryan Glasspiegel was on the ground to talk to parents who want answers from Warren.

“We want to know what has to happen in different areas around these schools for us to move forward safely," Randy Wade, father of OSU CB Shaun Wade said to the gathered media. "We don’t want them to just say we can’t play because of uncertainty.”

“I’m military, you’re always going to have uncertainty,” Wade added.

Julie Waggoner, the mother of Iowa DE John Waggoner, said she saw "feeling" in Warren's letter to the Big Ten community and that was worrisome. "We understand some people having fear, but we need to lead with facts and not with fear.”

“These kids have virtually self-quarantined for three months and worked their tails off and done everything the NCAA and the university have asked them to do," Jeff Borland said. "To have the rug pulled out from underneath them at the last minute with really no additional information is really a shame."

"You can’t tell us that the Big Ten can’t get it together,That the ACC can get it together. That the SEC can get it together. The Big Ten can do the same," Andrea Tate, the mother of Ohio State cornerback Sevyn Banks, said during a passionate speech.

“We need the Big Ten Conference to stand and fight.”

“We don’t like how the decision went down and not knowing whether they voted or didn’t vote" he said. "Our kids wear Big Ten on every jersey. We represent the Big Ten. It’s just not good to have a kid disappointed over something he can’t control.”






















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Joe Kinsey is the Senior Director of Content of OutKick and the editor of the Morning Screencaps column that examines a variety of stories taking place in real America. Kinsey is also the founder of OutKick’s Thursday Night Mowing League, America’s largest virtual mowing league. Kinsey graduated from University of Toledo.