Martin, who suffers from asthma and sickle cell disease, plays safety for the Mountaineers. He said he did not feel it was safe to play and was stunned when the Big 12 conference, which includes his university, decided to start the season as planned in the fall even as other major conferences postponed their seasons.The Big 12, one of the most powerful conferences in U.S. college football, said on Aug.
Much more than the health and safety of players is at stake. College football is big business, and universities that forego the season collectively stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue at a time when many are experiencing declining enrollment because of the outbreak. Following a tweet in which Martin announced that he had opted out of the season, fans rallied around his decision.
“ have the opportunity to opt out and remain on scholarship,” West Virginia head Coach Neal Brown said in a statement on Monday. “We have had one student-athlete who has chosen to do this at this time. I understand it and I respect it.”
The colleges that are still planning to play this fall should in no way be considered 'higher' education. They are clearly more concerned about putting profit over logic. Of course, in the end they will lose profit and credibility.
It's not a crossroads, they were screwed before, they are just more screwed now.