UNIVERSITY OF %
ARIZONA. %
TAKE A FOR %
SHOWING WHAT IT %
IS LIKE THERE AS %
THEY TRIED TO %
GET KIDS BACK TO %
SCHOOL. %
>> THANKS.!
COACHES FIGHTING
TO SAVE THEIR %
SEASONS. %
ATHLETES WORRIED %
ABOUT LOSING %
THEIR %
SCHOLARSHIPS. %
FANS %
DISAPPOINTED AS %
THE IMAGINE A %
FAULT WITHOUT A %
BALL. %
COLLEGE %
CONFERENCES ARE %
STILL TRIED TO %
FIGURE OUT %
WHETHER TO PUT %
THEIR PLAYERS %
BACK ON THE %
FIELD NBC NEWS %
CORRESPONDENT %
MORGAN CHESKY IS %
AT THE MERCY OF %
NORTH TEXAS’S %
CAMPUS IN
DENTON. % MORGAN, WHAT IS %
MORGAN, WHAT IS %
THE LATEST TODAY
ON THE %
CONFERENCE %
HEADS? %
WHAT IS GOING %
ON? %
>> ALISON, WE %
FINALLY %
CONFIRMED A LOT %
OF THE RUMORS WE %
HAVE BEEN %
HEARING FROM %
YESTERDAY. %
THAT IS WITHIN %
THE PAST SEVERAL %
MINUTES, A BIG %
10 CONFERENCE, %
ONE OF THE POWER %
FIVE IN THE %
COUNTRY HAS %
OFFICIALLY %
ANNOUNCED THAT %
IT IS POSTPONED %
FALL SPORTS AND %
THAT INCLUDES %
FOOTBALL. %
KEEP IN MIND, %
THESE ARE %
SCHOOLS THAT %
BRING HUNDREDS %
OF THOUSANDS OF %
PEOPLE TO GAMES %
EACH AND EVERY %
SATURDAY JUST
PULLED UP THIS %
ESTIMATE THAT %
THE CONFERENCE %
BUT I JUST %
MINUTES AGO. %
I WANT TO READ
TO YOU IN PART %
WHAT IT SAYS, %
SAYING THAT WE %
KNOW HOW %
SIGNIFICANT THE %
STUDENT ATHLETES %
EXPERIENCE CAN %
BE IN SHIPPING %
THE FUTURE OF %
THE TALENTED %
YOUNG WOMEN AND %
MEN. %
EVERYONE IS %
ASSOCIATED WITH %
THE BIG TEN % CONFERENCE AND
CONFERENCE AND
ITS MEMBER
TRADITIONS IS %
COMMITTED TO %
GETTING EVERYONE %
BACK TO THE %
COMPETITION AS %
SOON AS IT IS %
SAFE TO DO SO %
BECAUSE THEY SEE %
THAT WINTER AND %
SPRING SPORTS %
ARE STILL BEING %
EVALUATED AT %
THIS TIME %
ALISON, THIS IS %
AN INCREDIBLE %
DECISION BECAUSE %
OF THE MAJOR %
CONFERENCES KIND %
OF HAVE BEEN %
WAITING ON THE %
SIDELINES, IF %
YOU WILL, %
WATCHING TO SEE %
WHAT THE BIG TEN %
WILL DO. %
THEY HAVE COME %
OUT AND %
OFFICIALLY MADE %
THIS DECISION. %
IT ESSENTIALLY %
DRAWS A LINE IN %
THE SAND FOR A %
LOT OF THE OTHER %
SCHOOLS ABOUT %
THE COUNTRY AS %
TO WHETHER OR %
NOT YOU’RE GOING %
TO HAVE A %
SEASON. %
THERE HAS BEEN A %
LOT OF TALK ON, %
WILL THERE BE A %
POSTPONING OF A %
FEW GAMES SO %
THEY CAN PUT %
SOME SORT OF %
PROTOCOL INTO %
PLACE? %
BUT AS OF RIGHT %
NOW, ONE OF THE %
LARGEST %
CONFERENCES IN %
THE COUNTRY HAS %
DECIDED BETTER %
TO WAIT IT OUT %
UNTIL AT LEAST %
SPRING AND %
PROCEED THAT %
WAY.
ALISON?
>> AND MORGAN, %
THE BIG TEN %
MAKING THIS %
DECISION WHILE %
THEY WERE UNDER %
SOME INTENSE %
PRESSURE. %
THERE HAS BEEN %
SOME BIG VOICES, %
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
CALLING FOR %
COLLEGE FOOTBALL %
TO COME BACK. %
IF YOU TELL US A %
LITTLE BIT MORE %
ABOUT THAT AND %
MAKE THE %
ARGUMENT HAS %
BEEN ON THAT %
SIDE OF THINGS. %
ALISON, YOU’RE %
TALKING ABOUT %
SOME OF THE MOST %
HISTORIC %
PROGRAMS IN THE %
COUNTRY THAT ARE %
PART OF WHAT IS %
A $4 BILLION %
BUSINESS. %
THAT IS THE %
ESTIMATED AMOUNT %
THAT COLLEGE %
FOOTBALL BRINGS %
IN FROM AN %
ECONOMIC %
STANDPOINT ALL %
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY. %
TO THESE %
COMMITTEES. %
WE NOTE THAT THE %
UNIVERSITY OF %
MICHIGAN COACH, %
JIM HARBAUGH, AN %
OUTSPOKEN %
ADVOCATE OF %
LETTING HIS TEAM %
GO FORTH IN %
PLAY, %
ESSENTIALLY %
THING THAT YOU %
CAN CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENTAL %
THAT IS SAFER %
FOR THE STUDENT %
ATHLETES ON %
CAMPUS THAT WAS %
MORE CONTROLLED %
AND LETTING THEM %
GO HOME WHERE
THERE IS
ESSENTIALLY NO %
RULES IN PLACE %
TO MAKE SURE %
THEY ARE BEING
SAFE. %
MEANWHILE, TOP %
PLAYERS IN THE % COUNTRY, TREVOR %
COUNTRY, TREVOR %
LAWRENCE, THE %
CLEMSON %
QUARTERBACK, WHO %
WAS EXPECTED TO %
GO NUMBER ONE IN %
THE UPCOMING NFL %
DRAFT, CAME OUT %
AND SAID THAT %
THERE IS A SAFE %
WAY TO PLAY THIS %
GAME IF WE ALL %
GET TOGETHER AND %
HAVE A %
CONVERSATION. %
HE ALSO WAS %
TRYING TO LOBBY %
FOR COLLEGE %
FOOTBALL PLAYERS %
ASSOCIATION TO %
BE CREATED, %
ESSENTIALLY THE %
SAME AS AN NFL %
PLAYERS UNIT %
THAT WOULD LOBBY %
ON THE PLAYERS’ %
BEHALF BACK AND %
TRY TO PUT SOME %
RULES AND %
REGULATION IN %
PLACE TO MAKE %
SURE THAT THOSE %
PLAYERS COULD %
ACTUALLY SEE THE %
FIELD COME %
SATURDAY. %
BUT AS IT STANDS %
RIGHT NOW, %
EVERYTHING IS UP %
IN THE AIR. %
THE ONLY %
CERTAINTY WE %
KNOW AT THIS %
POINT FROM THAT %
MAJOR CONFERENCE %
STANDPOINT IS %
THAT THE BIG TEN %
WILL BE QUIET %
COME SATURDAY
THIS FALL. %
>> YEAH. %
AND MORGAN, I %
MEAN, YOU %
MENTIONED THIS,
THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT. %
OBVIOUSLY %
DEVASTATING FOR %
STUDENT ATHLETES %
WITH FUTURES OR, %
YOU KNOW, THEIR
WHOLE LIVES IN %
EFFECT REVOLVE %
AROUND PLAYING %
FOOTBALL, BUT I %
THINK YOU %
MENTIONED THAT %
MONEY THERE AND %
THE COMMUNITY, %
YOU THINK ABOUT
ANN ARBOR, %
MICHIGAN, FOR %
EXAMPLE, AT WHAT %
FOOTBALL MEANS %
TO THE COMMUNITY %
COME AUGUST, %
SEPTEMBER.
>> Reporter: %
YEAH, ALISON, %
THERE’S A STUDY %
THAT LOOKED AT
ANN ARBOR, %
MICHIGAN, WHERE %
THE UNIVERSITY %
OF MICHIGAN IS. %
THEY CAME BACK %
AND SAID THAT %
FOOTBALL ALONE %
BRINGS IN AN %
ESTIMATED 80 %
MILLION DOLLARS %
AND THAT IS JUST %
ONE SMALL CITY
IN MICHIGAN.
I WANT YOU TO %
LOOK AT THAT %
FROM AN ENTIRE %
COUNTRY %
STANDPOINT. %
AND REALIZE THAT
IT IS NOT JUST %
THE PLAYERS. %
IT IS NOT JUST %
THE PLAYERS OF %
THE PLAYERS OR %
THE COACHES THAT %
ARE GOING TO BE %
LOOKING AT THIS. %
IT IS GOING TO BE%
THE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER %
THAT HAS A %
RESTAURANT OR A %
SHOP A FEW
BLOCKS AWAY FROM %
THE STADIUM WHO %
REALLY MIXED UP %
A LARGE PORTION %
OF THEIR ANNUAL %
INCOME FROM THE %
FANS WHO COME %
INTO TOWN FOR %
THOSE HOME %
GAMES. %
THIS IS WHAT % WE’RE GOING TO %
WE’RE GOING TO %
SEE PLAY OUT I’M %
REMINDED OF %
TRAVELING TO %
STILLWATER, %
OKLAHOMA, WHERE %
OKLAHOMA STATE %
IS. %
A MEMBER OF THE %
BIG 12 %
CONFERENCE %
THERE. %
THAT COMMUNITY %
IS MORE OR LESS %
BUILT AROUND THE %
UNIVERSE THE %
THERE. %
WITH A MASSIVE %
TURN OUT. %
TENS OF %
THOUSANDS OF %
PEOPLE PER HOME %
GAME. %
SO THE TRICKLE-%
DOWN, IS GOING %
TO BE TOUGH. %
AND WE REALLY %
HAVE YET TO SEE %
HOW FAR IT WILL %
GO DOWN AS WE %
LOOK AROUND THE %
COUNTRY NOW TO %
SEE WHAT OTHER %
CONFERENCES WILL %
DO FOLLOWING THE %
BIG 10’S %
DECISION.