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Let's quit acting like preserving Big Ten football is about the players

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker spoke to media members via Zoom on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Detroit Free Press

One of the most chaotic days in college football history began with reports that Big Ten presidents didn't want football being played this fall and ended with the league’s most dominant program asking if it could have a do-over.

That’ll happen when senators and coaches and players and the president of the United States take to Twitter to cajole university presidents to change their minds. And that will happen when a sport has no real leadership.