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Opinion: Continued silence by Big Ten makes football cancellation looks worse by minute

On Tuesday, the Southeastern Conference outlined protocols for having fans in attendance for college football games this fall. Face coverings over the nose and mouth required when entering/exiting/moving around the stadium and when social-distancing isn’t feasible.

On Tuesday, North Carolina coach Mack Brown offered a positive outlook for Atlantic Coast Conference football, saying that coronavirus test results were coming back within 24 hours.

On Tuesday, the Big Ten Conference … remained quiet.

As the voices of opposition to last week’s Big Ten decision to postpone fall sports grew louder, league commissioner Kevin Warren began his seventh consecutive day of media silence.