That their voices and the voices of their parents were heard, and the same presidents who voted 11-3 to postpone the season unanimously voted it back in for the sake of family, friends and football.
There is absolutely no need to hint that a lot of it was about the money.
It is always about the money, and Big Ten schools such as Ohio State and Penn State were staring at $6 million losses for every home game.
So even accepting a slimmed-down version of eight games instead of 12 was appealing.