Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks to the media after canceling the men's basketball tournament on Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Indianapolis. Detroit Free Press
The Big Ten has created a voter registration initiative to go along with its Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, hoping its 14 schools and thousands of student-athletes can leverage their platform to spur social change.
The Big Ten’s Kevin Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power Five conference, said the announcement Monday of the voting initiative finalizes plans that have been in the works since February.
Warren says he hopes the nonpartisan program will encourage student-athletes to become part of the electoral process.