ROSEMONT, Illinois – By the time Randy Wade arrived in the suburbs of Chicago for the protest he organized to take place outside the Big Ten’s headquarters on Friday morning, he understood the reality that the conference had already made up its mind on not playing football this fall.
But that didn’t stop him – and several other parents of Ohio State football players, along with about a dozen parents of Iowa football players, one parent of a Wisconsin football player and a few parents of Illinois fall sports athletes – from gathering in Rosemont, Illinois at 8 a.