Announcement this week from the Big Ten: “The Big Ten Conference Administrators Council, which includes the Directors of Athletics and Senior Women Administrators from all 14 member institutions, voted today to eliminate the minimum-game requirement for participation in the 2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game. The decision was made in collaboration with the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors and the conference office.” Translation: We messed up, mere weeks ago, and so we’re cleaning it up. Related stories The big mistake, which the Big Ten seems to specialize in this year, is not being able to see around the corner. Mandating a minimum-game requirement to get in the Big Ten title game, while at the same time forbidding schools from going outside the conference to schedule games even if they lose games to COVID-19. That double play sounded dumb at the time. The Big Ten would have gotten away…
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